NoMethodError: undefined method `content'

[dmalan]

Just wanted to report what seems to be a bug when there's an .md file in a collection that doesn't have Jekyll front matter? For instance, if bad.md is in a project's root, it ends up in _site as bad.md, unrendered as expected. But if bad.md is instead in _pages, which we've defined as a collection, the build instead errs, per the below.

Sample files at https://gist.github.com/dmalan/0c67667065cfea19a00fc2ec1f83560a. Do just let me know if anything more would be helpful!

this succeeds

$ find .
.
./_config.yml
./_pages
./_pages/good.md
./bad.md
./Gemfile

$bundle install
Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/...........
Fetching version metadata from https://rubygems.org/..
Fetching dependency metadata from https://rubygems.org/.
Using public_suffix 3.0.0
Using bundler 1.15.4
Using colorator 1.1.0
Using ffi 1.9.18
Using forwardable-extended 2.6.0
Using rb-fsevent 0.10.2
Using kramdown 1.15.0
Using liquid 4.0.0
Using mercenary 0.3.6
Fetching rouge 2.2.1
Installing rouge 2.2.1
Using safe_yaml 1.0.4
Using addressable 2.5.2
Using rb-inotify 0.9.10
Fetching pathutil 0.16.0
Installing pathutil 0.16.0
Using sass-listen 4.0.0
Using listen 3.0.8
Fetching sass 3.5.2
Installing sass 3.5.2
Using jekyll-watch 1.5.0
Using jekyll-sass-converter 1.5.0
Fetching jekyll 3.6.2
Installing jekyll 3.6.2
Fetching jekyll-titles-from-headings 0.5.0
Installing jekyll-titles-from-headings 0.5.0
Bundle complete! 2 Gemfile dependencies, 21 gems now installed.
Use `bundle info [gemname]` to see where a bundled gem is installed.

$ bundle exec jekyll build -V --trace
  Logging at level: debug
Configuration file: /home/ubuntu/workspace/_config.yml
         Requiring: kramdown
            Source: /home/ubuntu/workspace
       Destination: /home/ubuntu/workspace/_site
 Incremental build: disabled. Enable with --incremental
      Generating... 
       EntryFilter: excluded /Gemfile
       EntryFilter: excluded /Gemfile.lock
           Reading: _pages/good.md
         Requiring: kramdown
        Generating: JekyllTitlesFromHeadings::Generator finished in 0.008745871 seconds.
         Rendering: _pages/good.md
  Pre-Render Hooks: _pages/good.md
  Rendering Liquid: _pages/good.md
  Rendering Markup: _pages/good.md
  Rendering Layout: _pages/good.md
                    done in 0.067 seconds.
 Auto-regeneration: disabled. Use --watch to enable.

this fails

$ find .
.
./_config.yml
./_pages
./_pages/bad.md
./_pages/good.md
./Gemfile

$bundle install
Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/...........
Fetching version metadata from https://rubygems.org/..
Fetching dependency metadata from https://rubygems.org/.
Using public_suffix 3.0.0
Using bundler 1.15.4
Using colorator 1.1.0
Using ffi 1.9.18
Using forwardable-extended 2.6.0
Using rb-fsevent 0.10.2
Using kramdown 1.15.0
Using liquid 4.0.0
Using mercenary 0.3.6
Fetching rouge 2.2.1
Installing rouge 2.2.1
Using safe_yaml 1.0.4
Using addressable 2.5.2
Using rb-inotify 0.9.10
Fetching pathutil 0.16.0
Installing pathutil 0.16.0
Using sass-listen 4.0.0
Using listen 3.0.8
Fetching sass 3.5.2
Installing sass 3.5.2
Using jekyll-watch 1.5.0
Using jekyll-sass-converter 1.5.0
Fetching jekyll 3.6.2
Installing jekyll 3.6.2
Fetching jekyll-titles-from-headings 0.5.0
Installing jekyll-titles-from-headings 0.5.0
Bundle complete! 2 Gemfile dependencies, 21 gems now installed.
Use `bundle info [gemname]` to see where a bundled gem is installed.

$ bundle exec jekyll build -V --trace
  Logging at level: debug
Configuration file: /home/ubuntu/workspace/_config.yml
         Requiring: kramdown
            Source: /home/ubuntu/workspace
       Destination: /home/ubuntu/workspace/_site
 Incremental build: disabled. Enable with --incremental
      Generating... 
       EntryFilter: excluded /Gemfile
       EntryFilter: excluded /Gemfile.lock
           Reading: _pages/good.md
         Requiring: kramdown
bundler: failed to load command: jekyll (/opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/bin/jekyll)
NoMethodError: undefined method `content' for #<Jekyll::StaticFile:0x005644948e9048>
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/jekyll-titles-from-headings-0.5.0/lib/jekyll-titles-from-headings/generator.rb:67:in `title_for'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/jekyll-titles-from-headings-0.5.0/lib/jekyll-titles-from-headings/generator.rb:44:in `block in generate'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/jekyll-titles-from-headings-0.5.0/lib/jekyll-titles-from-headings/generator.rb:42:in `each'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/jekyll-titles-from-headings-0.5.0/lib/jekyll-titles-from-headings/generator.rb:42:in `generate'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/jekyll-3.6.2/lib/jekyll/site.rb:176:in `block in generate'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/jekyll-3.6.2/lib/jekyll/site.rb:174:in `each'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/jekyll-3.6.2/lib/jekyll/site.rb:174:in `generate'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/jekyll-3.6.2/lib/jekyll/site.rb:72:in `process'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/jekyll-3.6.2/lib/jekyll/command.rb:28:in `process_site'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/jekyll-3.6.2/lib/jekyll/commands/build.rb:65:in `build'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/jekyll-3.6.2/lib/jekyll/commands/build.rb:36:in `process'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/jekyll-3.6.2/lib/jekyll/commands/build.rb:18:in `block (2 levels) in init_with_program'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/mercenary-0.3.6/lib/mercenary/command.rb:220:in `block in execute'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/mercenary-0.3.6/lib/mercenary/command.rb:220:in `each'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/mercenary-0.3.6/lib/mercenary/command.rb:220:in `execute'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/mercenary-0.3.6/lib/mercenary/program.rb:42:in `go'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/mercenary-0.3.6/lib/mercenary.rb:19:in `program'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/jekyll-3.6.2/exe/jekyll:15:in `<top (required)>'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/bin/jekyll:22:in `load'
  /opt/rbenv/versions/2.4.0/bin/jekyll:22:in `<top (required)>'

[qwtel]

I think this is similar to benbalter/jekyll-relative-links#33. I'll look into it

[dmalan]

Thank you kindly!

[dmalan]

Thanks, @benbalter!

[ketozhang]

Running into this issue as well. benbalter/jekyll-relative-links#33 doesn't really help since the solution was to just add Front Matter.