Revert to .Type = "page" when empty

[shantanugoel]

What version of Hugo are you using (hugo version)?

$ hugo version
Hugo Static Site Generator v0.63.1/extended darwin/amd64 BuildDate: unknown

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes

The home page is supposed to be a "page" as mentioned here https://gohugo.io/templates/homepage/
However, from 0.63.0 onwards, the .Type for homepage does not return page anymore, rather blank. I believe this is a side effect of #6760

This was discovered via my use of the beautifulhugo theme, which has this code to select appropriate styling for the subtitle depending on whether a page or post is being generated: https://github.com/halogenica/beautifulhugo/blob/1ff3894b84b1802433b58e22dd22f4eb46a49fa9/layouts/partials/header.html#L70

Before 0.63.0, it generates "page-subheading" as the class as can be seen on https://shantanugoel.com/
0.63.0 onwards, it generates "-subheading" as the class.

[bep]

The home page is supposed to be a "page" as mentioned here https://gohugo.io/templates/homepage/

I don't see anything about this on the page you link to. I don't see anything anywhere in the docs about this.

The .Type gets the value from either 1) Frontmatter or if not set 2) The .Section. It's in the release notes.

[bep]

Thinking about this and the reasons behind #6760 are probably not important enough considering the potential for problems with existing sites. I did check the documentation before doing this and assumed this was a hidden and unused feature.

[shantanugoel]

Thanks for considering this. Just for completion sake, wrt your comment

I don't see anything about this on the page you link to. I don't see anything anywhere in the docs about this.

This is what the link I mentioned says:

Homepage is a Page and therefore has all the page variables and site variables available for use.

which I interpreted to mean that it should have the .Type as page.

[bep]

which I interpreted to mean that it should have the .Type as page.

I admit it can be confusing, but those terms are not the same. .Type defaults to the section if not set with type in front matter (e.g. first path ... blog, posts, docs). The home page lives in the root folder, so it doesn't have a .Section.

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