Pelican: Static markdown file

[kele14x]

Hi, I have a static file in content/static named README.md. I want pelican directly copy it to output root folder, so I have:

STATIC_PATHS = [
    'static/README.md',
]
EXTRA_PATH_METADATA = {
    'static/readme.md': {'path': 'README.md'},
}

in my pelicanconf.py file. Bug when I run pelican, I got:

ERROR: Skipping static/README.md: could not find information about 'NameError: title'

With -D, I got:

DEBUG: Read file static/README.md -> Article
ERROR: Skipping static/README.md: could not find information about 'NameError: title'

Anyone have ideas how to tell pelican do not render this file?

[justinmayer]

Try: Docs > Settings > IGNORE_FILES, applying it to your entire static folder.

[kele14x]

Thanks for your reply @justinmayer , but IGNORE_FILES cause pelican completely ignore my README.md, it was not copied or rendered to output.

[ingwinlu]

IGNORE_FILES is global and applies to all generators.

if you don't want it to be treated as an article, set ARTICLE_PATHS to suite your needs or utilize ARTICLE_EXCLUDES

[justinmayer]

Thanks for the correction, Winlu.

[kele14x]

@ingwinlu ARTICLE_EXCLUDES = ['static'] solved my problem, thanks you! But I'm doubting why STATIC PATHS isn't here to meet this requirement.

[ingwinlu]

because the ArticlesGenerator runs before the StaticGenerator

[kele14x]

@ingwinlu Thanks! Closing...