Create TranslationBaseName from filename only

[bep]

I'm in the last leg of some improvements in Hugo which requires some simplification in the content path logic . This is also looking a little to the future where content will not just be files, and the task of finding the cannonical path of a piece of content should be a simple task.

Given this content:

content
├── foo.en.md
├── foo.jp.md
└── foo.no.md

Currently, the value of .Page.File.TranslationBaseName, depends on the language configuration. If only en is configured, then TranslationBaseName for foo.jp.md will be foo.jp.

In the new setup, every part of the base filename after the first "." separator will be considered identifiers:

 foo.no.md =>  foo + IDENTIFIER_LANGUAGE + IDENTIFIER_EXTENSION

Note that the Page backed by a foo.unknownlanguage.md will still be assigned the defaultContentLanguage.

I'm sure there will be some subtle site breakage in the above, but I'm also sure that we need to do this.

Shout if you disagree.

[jmooring]

Currently, with hugo new content/foo.bar.baz.de.md, .File.TranslationBaseName is foo.bar.baz. Will this change? I have seen several sites where the "." separator is used... abundantly.

[bep]

Will this change? I have seen several sites where the "." separator is used... abundantly.

No, your example will still be foo.bar.baz (if that is how it is today). But, we will treat de as a language identifier even if it's not defined as a language in config.toml.

That said, I would not recommend using the "." ... abundantly.

[bep]

That said, I would not recommend using the "." ... abundantly.

That said, I don't see us ever adding more identifiers to the filename itself. I have at least one more idea for a "partition" type of identifier -- role based partition (RBAC), but that fits much better in a mount configuration.

[bep]

No, this is not happening.

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