Add some tests for custom collections directory

[ashmaroli]

Replaces #6678
Cucumber tests for custom collections_dir configuration

[pathawks]

So, when there is a custom collections_dir, the _posts directory needs to be moved into that directory instead of in the top level?

[ashmaroli]

So, when there is a custom collections_dir, the _posts directory needs to be moved into that directory instead of in the top level?

Yes. _posts is a collection too.. just that it is a special collection..

• documents are always rendered — you can't hide them
• documents can be ignored with a published: false
• documents have a different naming pattern (YYYY-MM-DD-title.markdown)
• documents have categories and tags associated with it
• has _drafts associated with it

[localheinz]

@ashmaroli

Ha, then this isn’t actually a bug, but rather a documentation issue?

You can optionally specify a directory to store all your collections in the same place with collections_dir: my_collections
Then Jekyll will look in my_collections/_books for the books collection, and in my_collections/_recipes for the recipes collection.

It wasn’t obvious to me that _posts should be moved into the collections directory as well.

[ashmaroli]

but rather a documentation issue?

@localheinz Yep. You're welcome to submit a PR for improving the documentation..

[localheinz]

@ashmaroli

Can confirm that this works for me!

[ashmaroli]

I take back most of what I have said over the span of last 8 hours.. 😄 @localheinz was right! There is a bug in the code in fact..!!

My Apologies @localheinz !!

Documents within <source>/_posts do get processed into the _site. They get rendered into _site/_posts/ and are accessible via liquid construct {{ site.posts }} as well..

[localheinz]

@ashmaroli

Ha, nice, wasn't quite sure what I was doing wrong.

Thanks a lot for your work on this!

[ashmaroli]

We were both right and wrong at the same time.. 😄
I kept testing with _posts in the collection_dir while you kept building with _posts at the root.. It was only when I combined both scenarios did I realize the true gravity of the situation.. 😉

[ashmaroli]

closing in favor of #6685