Output Minification, Live-Reload Fixes and More

Hugo 0.47 is named Hugo Reloaded. It adds minification support for the final rendered output (run hugo --minify), but it is mostly a bug fix release. And most notably, it fixes a set of issues with live-reloading/partial rebuilds when running hugo server. Working with bundles should now be a more pleasant experience, to pick one example.

This release represents 35 contributions by 6 contributors to the main Hugo code base. @bep leads the Hugo development with a significant amount of contributions, but also a big shoutout to @satotake, @anthonyfok, and @coliff for their ongoing contributions.

And a big thanks to @digitalcraftsman and @onedrawingperday for their relentless work on keeping the themes site in pristine condition and to @kaushalmodi for his great work on the documentation site.

Many have also been busy writing and fixing the documentation in hugoDocs, which has received 21 contributions by 10 contributors. A special thanks to @bep, @aapeliv, @regisphilibert, and @brentybh for their work on the documentation site.

Hugo now has:

• 27980+ stars
• 442+ contributors
• 251+ themes

Enhancements

Templates

• Suppress blank lines from opengraph internal template c09ee78f @anthonyfok
• Add MIME type to embedded JS 755d1ffe @bep #5042
• Add os.Stat template function d7112085 @satotake

Output

• Add support for minification of final output 789ef8c6 @bep #1251

Other

• Regenerate CLI docs 4a16b5f4 @bep
• Include theme name in version mismatch error e5052f4e @bep #5044
• Make the JS minifier matcher less specific c81fbf46 @bep #5073
• Close file when done f6ae436c @bep #5062
• https links to 3rd party sites c2a67413 @coliff
• Update alias.go 06bd0136 @coliff
• Remove test debug fb3cb05c @bep
• Update dependencies d07882df @bep
• Update Chroma 7f535671 @bep #5025
• Remove alias of os.Stat 71931b30 @satotake
• Renmae FileStat Stat d40116e5 @satotake
• Reduce allocation in the benchmark itself a6b1eb1e @bep
• Simplify the 0 transformer case 27110133 @bep

Fixes

Templates

• Fix compiling Amber templates that import other templates 37438757 @Stebalien
• Reimplement the “.Params tolower” template transformer 5c538491 @bep #5068

Output

• Fix Resource output in multihost setups 78f8475a @bep #5058

Core

• Force render of any changed page, even in Fast Render Mode 22475460 @bep #5083
• Add configFile(s) back to the watch list after REMOVE event abc54080 @anthonyfok #4701
• Gracefully handle typos in server config when running the server a655e00d @bep #5081
• Fix shortcode output wrapped in p 78c99463 @gllera #1642
• Adjust tests for shortcode p-issue baa62d0a @bep #1642
• Fix image cache-clearing for sub-languages 9d973004 @bep #5084
• Fix error when deleting a bundle in server mode 0a88741f @bep #5077
• Fix Related when called from shortcode 0dd06bda @bep #5071
• Use the interface value when doing Related search a6f199f7 @bep #5071
• Fix GitInfo when multiple content dirs 2182ecfd @bep #5054
• Add multiple content dirs to GitInfo test site e85833d8 @bep #5054
• Fix “adding a bundle” in server mode d139a037 @bep #5075
• Fix typo c362634b @satotake