static: Preserve .gitignore and .gitattributes in --cleanDestinationDir

 Fixes #14097

diff --git a/commands/hugobuilder.go b/commands/hugobuilder.go
index ecca6ecc78e68c8b7b5cfd6db56e6cac14c60a01..bc8eeb588bea63ec58541c41d970ef7efb89929b 100644 (file)
--- a/commands/hugobuilder.go
+++ b/commands/hugobuilder.go
@@ -464,7 +464,15 @@ func (c *hugoBuilder) copyStaticTo(sourceFs *filesystems.SourceFilesystem) (uint
                infol.Logf("removing all files from destination that don't exist in static dirs")
 
                syncer.DeleteFilter = func(f fsync.FileInfo) bool {
-                       return f.IsDir() && strings.HasPrefix(f.Name(), ".")
+                       name := f.Name()
+
+                       // Keep .gitignore and .gitattributes anywhere
+                       if name == ".gitignore" || name == ".gitattributes" {
+                               return true
+                       }
+
+                       // Keep Hugo's original dot-directory behavior
+                       return f.IsDir() && strings.HasPrefix(name, ".")
                }
        }
        start := time.Now()