From e82eaa4b0f27f15de13bde04ccaca88b7ecbdf37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sonnym <michaud.sonny@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 17:16:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation for collection static files

Any file without valid front matter in a collection is available via
`collection.files`.

Inspired by #3583.
---
 site/_docs/collections.md | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/site/_docs/collections.md b/site/_docs/collections.md
index 393cbf6f..12df6936 100644
--- a/site/_docs/collections.md
+++ b/site/_docs/collections.md
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ collections:
 For example, if you have `_my_collection/some_subdir/some_doc.md`, it will be
 written out to `<dest>/awesome/some_subdir/some_doc/index.html`.
 
+**Note that files in collections that do not have front matter are treated
+as static files and simply copied to their output location without
+processing.**
+
 <div class="mobile-side-scroller">
 <table>
   <thead>
@@ -173,6 +177,16 @@ you specified in your `_config.yml` (if present) and the following information:
         </p>
       </td>
     </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td>
+        <p><code>files</code></p>
+      </td>
+      <td>
+        <p>
+          An array of static files in the collection.
+        </p>
+      </td>
+    </tr>
     <tr>
       <td>
         <p><code>relative_directory</code></p>