ref: e3daa359ecbe77e8ad7a6ec5e76e634c6530e599
parent: 22d85c2a182642da010e3963d5ed5c64325aebb7
author: spf13 <[email protected]>
date: Tue Feb 10 05:58:20 EST 2015
Update release notes for v0.13
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-## **0.13.0** ???, 2015
+## **0.13.0** Feb 14, 2015
-A lot has happened since Hugo v0.12.0 was released.
+Hugo has seen a lot of improvements since v0.12.0 was released. The v0.13.0
+release is the largest Hugo release to date. The release introduced some long
+sought after features (pagination, sequencing, data loading, tons of template
+improvements) as well as major internal improvements. In addition to the code
+changes, the Hugo community has grown significantly and now has over 3000 stars
+on github, 134 contributors, 23 themes and 1000s of happy users.
-* Changes to docs:
- * A new [Troubleshooting](/troubleshooting/overview/) section is added
- * It's now searchable through Google Custom Search ([#753][])
- * Some new great tutorials:
- * [Automated deployments with Wercker](/tutorials/automated-deployments/)
- * [Creating a new theme](/tutorials/creating-a-new-theme/)
+This release represents 392 contributions by 56 contributors
+
+A special shout out to [@bep](https://github.com/bep) and
+[@anthonyfok](https://github.com/anthonyfok) for their new role as Hugo
+maintainers and their tremendous contributions this release.
+
+### New major features
+* Support for [data files](/extras/datafiles/) in [YAML](http://yaml.org/),
+ [JSON](http://www.json.org/), or [TOML](https://github.com/toml-lang/toml)
+ located in the `data` directory ([#885][])
+* Support for dynamically loading JSON & CSV from remote sources via GetJson
+ and GetJson in short codes or other layout files ([#748][])
+* [Pagination support](/extras/pagination/) for home page, sections and
+ taxonomies ([#750][])
+* Universal sequencing support
+ * A new, generic Next/Prev functionality is added to all lists of pages
+ (sections, taxonomies, etc.)
+ * Add in-section [Next/Prev](/templates/variables/) content pointers
+* `Scratch` -- [a "scratchpad"](/extras/scratch) for your node- and page-scoped
+ variables
+* [Ace](http://ace.yoss.si/) template engine support ([#541][])
+* A new [shortcode](/extras/shortcodes/) token of `{{</* */>}}` (raw HTML)+ alongside the existing `{{%/* */%}}` (Markdown)+* A top level `Hugo` variable (on Page & Node) is added with various build
+ information
+* Several new ways to order and group content:
+ * `ByPublishDate`
+ * `GroupByPublishDate(format, order)`
+ * `GroupByParam(key, order)`
+ * `GroupByParamDate(key, format, order)`
+* Hugo has undergone a major refactoring, with a new handler system and a
+ generic file system. This sounds and is technical, but will pave the way for
+ new features and make Hugo even speedier
+
+### Notable enhancements to existing features
+
+* The [shortcode](/extras/shortcodes/) handling is rewritten for speed and
+ better error messages.
* Several improvements to the [template functions](/templates/functions/):
- * `where` is now even more powerful and accepts SQL-like syntax with the operators `==`, `eq`; `!=`, `<>`, `ne`; `>=`, `ge`; `>`, `gt`; `<=`, `le`; `<`, `lt`; `in`, `not in`
- * `where` template function now also accepts dot chaining key argument (e.g. `"Params.foo.bar"`)
+ * `where` is now even more powerful and accepts SQL-like syntax with the
+ operators `==`, `eq`; `!=`, `<>`, `ne`; `>=`, `ge`; `>`, `gt`; `<=`,
+ `le`; `<`, `lt`; `in`, `not in`
+ * `where` template function now also accepts dot chaining key argument
+ (e.g. `"Params.foo.bar"`)
* New template functions:
- * `apply`
- * `chomp`
- * `delimit`
- * `sort`
- * `markdownify`
- * `in` and `intersect`
- * `trim`
- * `replace`
- * `dateFormat`
-* A top level `Hugo` variable is added with various build information
-* Several new ways to order and group content:
- * `ByPublishDate`
- * `GroupByPublishDate(format, order)`
- * `GroupByParam(key, order)`
- * `GroupByParamDate(key, format, order)`
-* The [shortcode](/extras/shortcodes/) handling is rewritten for speed and better error messages. Noticeable functional change is the distinction between `{{</* */>}}` (typically raw HTML) and `{{%/* */%}}` (Markdown)+ * `apply`
+ * `chomp`
+ * `delimit`
+ * `sort`
+ * `markdownify`
+ * `in` and `intersect`
+ * `trim`
+ * `replace`
+ * `dateFormat`
+* Several [configurable improvements related to Markdown
+ rendering](/overview/configuration/#configure-blackfriday-rendering:a66b35d20295cb764719ac8bd35837ec):
+ * Configuration of footnote rendering
+ * Optional support for smart angled quotes, e.g. `"Hugo"` → «Hugo»
+ * Enable descriptive header IDs
+* URLs in XML output is now correctly canonified ([#725][], [#728][], and part
+ of [#789][])
+
+### Other improvements
+
+* Internal change to use byte buffer pool significantly lowering memory usage
+ and providing measurable performance improvements overall
+* Changes to docs:
+ * A new [Troubleshooting](/troubleshooting/overview/) section is added
+ * It's now searchable through Google Custom Search ([#753][])
+ * Some new great tutorials:
+ * [Automated deployments with
+ Wercker](/tutorials/automated-deployments/)
+ * [Creating a new theme](/tutorials/creating-a-new-theme/)
* Support for [cross-references](/extras/crossreferences/)
-* `Scratch` -- [a "scratchpad"](/extras/scratch) for your node- and page-scoped variables
-* A new, generic Next/Prev functionality is added to all lists of pages (sections, taxonomies, etc.)
-* Add in-section [Next/Prev](/templates/variables/) content pointers
-* Several [configurable improvements related to Markdown rendering](/overview/configuration/#configure-blackfriday-rendering:a66b35d20295cb764719ac8bd35837ec):
- * Configuration of footnote rendering
- * Optional support for smart angled quotes, e.g. `"Hugo"` → «Hugo»
- * Enable descriptive header IDs
-* The content is now copied from archetype on `hugo new` (in addition to the front matter metadata)
+* The content is now copied from archetype on `hugo new` (in addition to the
+ front matter metadata)
* Improved unit test coverage
-* Hugo has undergone a major refactoring, with a new handler system and a generic file system. This sounds and is technical, but will pave the way for new features and make Hugo even speedier
-* [Ace](http://ace.yoss.si/) template engine support ([#541][])
-* Add [pagination support](/extras/pagination/) for home page, sections and taxonomies ([#750][])
* Fixed a lot of Windows-related path issues
* Improved error messages for template and rendering errors
* Enabled soft LiveReload of CSS and images ([#490][])
* Various fixes in RSS feed generation ([#789][])
-* URLs in XML output is now correctly canonified ([#725][], [#728][], and part of [#789][])
* `HasMenuCurrent` and `IsMenuCurrent` is now supported on Nodes
* A bunch of [bug fixes](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/commits/master)
@@ -65,9 +107,11 @@
[#541]: https://github.com/spf13/hugo/pull/541 "Pull Request #541: Add Ace template engine support"
[#725]: https://github.com/spf13/hugo/issues/725 "Issue #725: CanonifyUrls does not canonicalize urls in RSS"
[#728]: https://github.com/spf13/hugo/issues/728 "Pull Request #728: Add ability to canonify URLs in rendered XML output."
+[#748]: https://github.com/spf13/hugo/issues/748 "Feature: GetJson and GetJson in short codes or other layout files"
[#750]: https://github.com/spf13/hugo/issues/750 "Pull Request: Add pagination support for home page, sections and taxonomies"
[#753]: https://github.com/spf13/hugo/issues/753 "Add search to documentation"
[#789]: https://github.com/spf13/hugo/issues/789 "Issue #789: RSS feeds do not validate"
+[#885]: https://github.com/spf13/hugo/issues/885 "Feature/datadir"
## **0.12.0** Sept 1, 2014