Issue with overlapping file mounts

[bep]

I'm not sure what, but I see some odd behaviour when using it. Need to look into it.

[bep]

Note that is is about multiple, e.g. layouts mount in the same module -- not multiple modules (which I use all the time).

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[shauntarves]

I can vouch for having this issue, especially with a multi-lingual site. When making multiple mounts from, say, the local (project) module, the behavior of the union file system is non-deterministic - e.g., sometimes I get files from the first mount, sometimes I get files from the second mount, etc.

This is especially relevant in a multi-lingual site where the content directories are mounted from the local project space, and there is module path overlap.

I'm happy to provide further specifics of what I see if it's helpful, but sounds like it's already a known issue

[moorereason]

@shauntarves,
If you can put together a small demo site that reproduces the issue, it would be helpful.

[shauntarves]

Hi @moorereason ,

Maybe I am just generally having issues understanding how the union virtual filesystem works. If I have the following content directory:

support/
  index.md
  images/
    banana.png

And then I import a module which attempts to override the banana.png with its own version, does that work? I've tried all kinds of import mount configurations, but it just doesn't seem to take. For example:

[[module.imports]]
  path = "github.com/starves/efe"
  disable = false
[[module.imports.mounts]]
  source = "content/support/images"
  target = "content/support/images"
[[module.imports.mounts]]
  source = "content/support/images/banana.png"
  target = "content/support/images/banana.png"
[[module.imports.mounts]]
  source = "content/support"
  target = "content/support"

Any thoughts?

[shauntarves]

@bep Any chance you can help on this?