feat: Check Hugo installed hugo version before serve #600
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Summary
TLDR; We need better error message when our local hugo version is wrong.
Changes made
serve
.tool-versions
to.gitignore
to exclude asdf-managed version fileDescription
I’ve seen a recurring issue that wastes a lot of time when working on multiple OSS projects with different Hugo versions. Often, the app doesn’t compile correctly, and instead of a clear error, we get misleading messages. This leads to a frustrating cycle of fixing one error only to encounter another, sometimes wasting 40-70 minutes before realizing the issue is simply using the wrong version of Hugo.
Here's a screenshot of the misleading error caused by the wrong Hugo version: (misleading right).
the error messages doesn't clearly mention the correct version to use.