Recursively set metadata in sections

Feature requests
1

it would be nice to have a front-matter variable for sections that sets metadata for all pages recursively

use case 1: consider a drafts/ folder. drafts/_index.md might look like:

+++
[all]
draft = true
+++

use case 2: consider a blog/ folder, with a rust/ folder inside. blog/rust/_index.md might look like:

+++
[all.taxonomies]
tags = ["rust"]
+++

there is a drawback: if you want to tag a post rust and web, you’d have to write rust again.

use case 3: consider a website using extra to define each page’s navigation. extra.nav is an array of tables, each table defining name and url. blog/_index.md could look like:

+++
[[all.extra.nav]]
name = "back"
url = "/blog/"
+++

currently, some section variables apply to all pages, but most don’t. all would help making a distinction:

  • page_template could be obsoleted in favour of all.template
  • in_search_index could be obsoleted in favour of all.in_search_index, and later reintroduced to apply to the section page itself, but not its child pages
2

Interesting idea. Not planning that for the next release but i’ll think about it for the one after.