Improve handling non-default collection documents rendering and writing (#6795)

Merge pull request 6795

docs/_docs/collections.md

@@ -348,6 +348,20 @@ you specified in your `_config.yml` (if present) and the following information:
   <code>{% raw %}{{ site.collections | where: "label", "myCollection" | first }}{% endraw %}</code></p>
 </div>
 
+<div class="note info">
+  <h5>Collections and Time</h5>
+  <p>Except for documents in hard-coded default collection <code>posts</code>, all documents in collections
+    you create, are accessible via Liquid irrespective of their assigned date, if any, and therefore renderable.
+  </p>
+  <p>However documents are attempted to be written to disk only if the concerned collection
+    metadata has <code>output: true</code>. Additionally, future-dated documents are only written if
+    <code>site.future</code> <em>is also true</em>.
+  </p>
+  <p>More fine-grained control over documents being written to disk can be exercised by setting
+    <code>published: false</code> (<em><code>true</code> by default</em>) in the document's front matter.
+  </p>
+</div>
+
 
 ### Documents
 

features/collections.feature

@@ -116,7 +116,31 @@ Feature: Collections
     And the _site directory should exist
     And the "_site/puppies/fido.html" file should exist
 
-  Scenario: Hidden collection with document with future date
+  Scenario: Access rendered collection with future dated document via Liquid
+    Given I have a _puppies directory
+    And I have the following documents under the puppies collection:
+      | title  | date       | content             |
+      | Rover  | 2007-12-31 | content for Rover.  |
+      | Fido   | 2120-12-31 | content for Fido.   |
+    And I have a "_config.yml" file with content:
+    """
+    collections:
+      puppies:
+        output: true
+    """
+    And I have a "index.html" page that contains "Newest puppy: {% assign puppy = site.puppies.last %}{{ puppy.title }}"
+    When I run jekyll build
+    Then I should get a zero exit status
+    And the _site directory should exist
+    And I should see "Newest puppy: Fido" in "_site/index.html"
+    But the "_site/puppies/fido.html" file should not exist
+    When I run jekyll build --future
+    Then I should get a zero exit status
+    And the _site directory should exist
+    And I should see "Newest puppy: Fido" in "_site/index.html"
+    And the "_site/puppies/fido.html" file should exist
+
+  Scenario: Unrendered collection with future dated document
     Given I have a _puppies directory
     And I have the following documents under the puppies collection:
       | title  | date       | content             |
@@ -139,6 +163,30 @@ Feature: Collections
     And the _site directory should exist
     And the "_site/puppies/fido.html" file should not exist
 
+  Scenario: Access unrendered collection with future dated document via Liquid
+    Given I have a _puppies directory
+    And I have the following documents under the puppies collection:
+      | title  | date       | content             |
+      | Rover  | 2007-12-31 | content for Rover.  |
+      | Fido   | 2120-12-31 | content for Fido.   |
+    And I have a "_config.yml" file with content:
+    """
+    collections:
+      puppies:
+        output: false
+    """
+    And I have a "index.html" page that contains "Newest puppy: {% assign puppy = site.puppies.last %}{{ puppy.title }}"
+    When I run jekyll build
+    Then I should get a zero exit status
+    And the _site directory should exist
+    And I should see "Newest puppy: Fido" in "_site/index.html"
+    But the "_site/puppies/fido.html" file should not exist
+    When I run jekyll build --future
+    Then I should get a zero exit status
+    And the _site directory should exist
+    And I should see "Newest puppy: Fido" in "_site/index.html"
+    And the "_site/puppies/fido.html" file should not exist
+
   Scenario: All the documents
     Given I have an "index.html" page that contains "All documents: {% for doc in site.documents %}{{ doc.relative_path }} {% endfor %}"
     And I have fixture collections

lib/jekyll/collection.rb

@@ -210,12 +210,11 @@ module Jekyll
     private
 
     def read_document(full_path)
-      doc = Jekyll::Document.new(full_path, :site => site, :collection => self)
-      doc.read
-      if site.publisher.publish?(doc) || !write?
-        docs << doc
-      else
-        Jekyll.logger.debug "Skipped Publishing:", doc.relative_path
+      docs << Document.new(full_path, :site => site, :collection => self).tap do |doc|
+        doc.read
+        if !site.publisher.publish?(doc) && site.publisher.hidden_in_the_future?(doc)
+          Jekyll.logger.debug "Skip Publishing:", "#{doc.relative_path} has a future date"
+        end
       end
     end
 

lib/jekyll/document.rb

@@ -311,9 +311,10 @@ module Jekyll
     # Based on the Collection to which it belongs.
     #
     # True if the document has a collection and if that collection's #write?
-    #   method returns true, otherwise false.
+    # method returns true, and if the site's Publisher will publish the document.
+    # False otherwise.
     def write?
-      collection && collection.write?
+      collection && collection.write? && site.publisher.publish?(self)
     end
 
     # The Document excerpt_separator, from the YAML Front-Matter or site

test/test_document.rb

@@ -449,14 +449,16 @@ class TestDocument < JekyllUnitTest
         refute_nil @files.find do |doc|
           doc.relative_path == "_slides/example-slide-4.html"
         end
+        assert_exist dest_dir("slides/example-slide-4.html")
       end
     end
 
     context "with output overrides" do
       should "be output according its front matter" do
-        assert_nil(
-          @files.find { |doc| doc.relative_path == "_slides/non-outputted-slide.html" }
-        )
+        assert @files.find do |doc|
+          doc.relative_path == "_slides/non-outputted-slide.html"
+        end
+        refute_exist dest_dir("slides/non-outputted-slide.html")
       end
     end
   end