all: Rework page store, add a dynacache, improve partial rebuilds, and some general spring cleaning

There are some breaking changes in this commit, see #11455.

Closes #11455
Closes #11549

This fixes a set of bugs (see issue list) and it is also paying some technical debt accumulated over the years. We now build with Staticcheck enabled in the CI build.

The performance should be about the same as before for regular sized Hugo sites, but it should perform and scale much better to larger data sets, as objects that uses lots of memory (e.g. rendered Markdown, big JSON files read into maps with transform.Unmarshal etc.) will now get automatically garbage collected if needed. Performance on partial rebuilds when running the server in fast render mode should be the same, but the change detection should be much more accurate.

A list of the notable new features:

* A new dependency tracker that covers (almost) all of Hugo's API and is used to do fine grained partial rebuilds when running the server.
* A new and simpler tree document store which allows fast lookups and prefix-walking in all dimensions (e.g. language) concurrently.
* You can now configure an upper memory limit allowing for much larger data sets and/or running on lower specced PCs.
We have lifted the "no resources in sub folders" restriction for branch bundles (e.g. sections).
Memory Limit
* Hugos will, by default, set aside a quarter of the total system memory, but you can set this via the OS environment variable HUGO_MEMORYLIMIT (in gigabytes). This is backed by a partitioned LRU cache used throughout Hugo. A cache that gets dynamically resized in low memory situations, allowing Go's Garbage Collector to free the memory.

New Dependency Tracker: Hugo has had a rule based coarse grained approach to server rebuilds that has worked mostly pretty well, but there have been some surprises (e.g. stale content). This is now revamped with a new dependency tracker that can quickly calculate the delta given a changed resource (e.g. a content file, template, JS file etc.). This handles transitive relations, e.g. $page -> js.Build -> JS import, or $page1.Content -> render hook -> site.GetPage -> $page2.Title, or $page1.Content -> shortcode -> partial -> site.RegularPages -> $page2.Content -> shortcode ..., and should also handle changes to aggregated values (e.g. site.Lastmod) effectively.

This covers all of Hugo's API with 2 known exceptions (a list that may not be fully exhaustive):

Changes to files loaded with template func os.ReadFile may not be handled correctly. We recommend loading resources with resources.Get
Changes to Hugo objects (e.g. Page) passed in the template context to lang.Translate may not be detected correctly. We recommend having simple i18n templates without too much data context passed in other than simple types such as strings and numbers.
Note that the cachebuster configuration (when A changes then rebuild B) works well with the above, but we recommend that you revise that configuration, as it in most situations should not be needed. One example where it is still needed is with TailwindCSS and using changes to hugo_stats.json to trigger new CSS rebuilds.

Document Store: Previously, a little simplified, we split the document store (where we store pages and resources) in a tree per language. This worked pretty well, but the structure made some operations harder than they needed to be. We have now restructured it into one Radix tree for all languages. Internally the language is considered to be a dimension of that tree, and the tree can be viewed in all dimensions concurrently. This makes some operations re. language simpler (e.g. finding translations is just a slice range), but the idea is that it should also be relatively inexpensive to add more dimensions if needed (e.g. role).

Fixes #10169
Fixes #10364
Fixes #10482
Fixes #10630
Fixes #10656
Fixes #10694
Fixes #10918
Fixes #11262
Fixes #11439
Fixes #11453
Fixes #11457
Fixes #11466
Fixes #11540
Fixes #11551
Fixes #11556
Fixes #11654
Fixes #11661
Fixes #11663
Fixes #11664
Fixes #11669
Fixes #11671
Fixes #11807
Fixes #11808
Fixes #11809
Fixes #11815
Fixes #11840
Fixes #11853
Fixes #11860
Fixes #11883
Fixes #11904
Fixes #7388
Fixes #7425
Fixes #7436
Fixes #7544
Fixes #7882
Fixes #7960
Fixes #8255
Fixes #8307
Fixes #8863
Fixes #8927
Fixes #9192
Fixes #9324

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ jobs:
         curl -LJO "https://github.com/sass/dart-sass/releases/download/${env:SASS_VERSION}/dart-sass-${env:SASS_VERSION}-windows-x64.zip";
         Expand-Archive -Path "dart-sass-${env:SASS_VERSION}-windows-x64.zip" -DestinationPath .;
         echo  "$env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dart-sass/" | Out-File -FilePath $Env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding utf-8 -Append
+    - if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      name: Install staticcheck
+      run: go install honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck@latest
+    - if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      name: Run staticcheck
+      run: staticcheck ./...
     - if: matrix.os != 'windows-latest'
       name: Check
       run: |

cache/dynacache/dynacache.go

@@ -0,0 +1,550 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package dynacache
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"path"
+	"regexp"
+	"runtime"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/bep/lazycache"
+	"github.com/bep/logg"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/herrors"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/loggers"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/paths"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/rungroup"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/helpers"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/identity"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/resources/resource"
+)
+
+const minMaxSize = 10
+
+// New creates a new cache.
+func New(opts Options) *Cache {
+	if opts.CheckInterval == 0 {
+		opts.CheckInterval = time.Second * 2
+	}
+
+	if opts.MaxSize == 0 {
+		opts.MaxSize = 100000
+	}
+	if opts.Log == nil {
+		panic("nil Log")
+	}
+
+	if opts.MinMaxSize == 0 {
+		opts.MinMaxSize = 30
+	}
+
+	stats := &stats{
+		opts:             opts,
+		adjustmentFactor: 1.0,
+		currentMaxSize:   opts.MaxSize,
+		availableMemory:  config.GetMemoryLimit(),
+	}
+
+	infol := opts.Log.InfoCommand("dynacache")
+
+	c := &Cache{
+		partitions: make(map[string]PartitionManager),
+		opts:       opts,
+		stats:      stats,
+		infol:      infol,
+	}
+
+	c.stop = c.start()
+
+	return c
+}
+
+// Options for the cache.
+type Options struct {
+	Log           loggers.Logger
+	CheckInterval time.Duration
+	MaxSize       int
+	MinMaxSize    int
+	Running       bool
+}
+
+// Options for a partition.
+type OptionsPartition struct {
+	// When to clear the this partition.
+	ClearWhen ClearWhen
+
+	// Weight is a number between 1 and 100 that indicates how, in general, how big this partition may get.
+	Weight int
+}
+
+func (o OptionsPartition) WeightFraction() float64 {
+	return float64(o.Weight) / 100
+}
+
+func (o OptionsPartition) CalculateMaxSize(maxSizePerPartition int) int {
+	return int(math.Floor(float64(maxSizePerPartition) * o.WeightFraction()))
+}
+
+// A dynamic partitioned cache.
+type Cache struct {
+	mu sync.RWMutex
+
+	partitions map[string]PartitionManager
+	opts       Options
+	infol      logg.LevelLogger
+
+	stats    *stats
+	stopOnce sync.Once
+	stop     func()
+}
+
+// ClearMatching clears all partition for which the predicate returns true.
+func (c *Cache) ClearMatching(predicate func(k, v any) bool) {
+	g := rungroup.Run[PartitionManager](context.Background(), rungroup.Config[PartitionManager]{
+		NumWorkers: len(c.partitions),
+		Handle: func(ctx context.Context, partition PartitionManager) error {
+			partition.clearMatching(predicate)
+			return nil
+		},
+	})
+
+	for _, p := range c.partitions {
+		g.Enqueue(p)
+	}
+
+	g.Wait()
+}
+
+// ClearOnRebuild prepares the cache for a new rebuild taking the given changeset into account.
+func (c *Cache) ClearOnRebuild(changeset ...identity.Identity) {
+	g := rungroup.Run[PartitionManager](context.Background(), rungroup.Config[PartitionManager]{
+		NumWorkers: len(c.partitions),
+		Handle: func(ctx context.Context, partition PartitionManager) error {
+			partition.clearOnRebuild(changeset...)
+			return nil
+		},
+	})
+
+	for _, p := range c.partitions {
+		g.Enqueue(p)
+	}
+
+	g.Wait()
+
+	// Clear any entries marked as stale above.
+	g = rungroup.Run[PartitionManager](context.Background(), rungroup.Config[PartitionManager]{
+		NumWorkers: len(c.partitions),
+		Handle: func(ctx context.Context, partition PartitionManager) error {
+			partition.clearStale()
+			return nil
+		},
+	})
+
+	for _, p := range c.partitions {
+		g.Enqueue(p)
+	}
+
+	g.Wait()
+}
+
+type keysProvider interface {
+	Keys() []string
+}
+
+// Keys returns a list of keys in all partitions.
+func (c *Cache) Keys(predicate func(s string) bool) []string {
+	if predicate == nil {
+		predicate = func(s string) bool { return true }
+	}
+	var keys []string
+	for pn, g := range c.partitions {
+		pkeys := g.(keysProvider).Keys()
+		for _, k := range pkeys {
+			p := path.Join(pn, k)
+			if predicate(p) {
+				keys = append(keys, p)
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+	return keys
+}
+
+func calculateMaxSizePerPartition(maxItemsTotal, totalWeightQuantity, numPartitions int) int {
+	if numPartitions == 0 {
+		panic("numPartitions must be > 0")
+	}
+	if totalWeightQuantity == 0 {
+		panic("totalWeightQuantity must be > 0")
+	}
+
+	avgWeight := float64(totalWeightQuantity) / float64(numPartitions)
+	return int(math.Floor(float64(maxItemsTotal) / float64(numPartitions) * (100.0 / avgWeight)))
+}
+
+// Stop stops the cache.
+func (c *Cache) Stop() {
+	c.stopOnce.Do(func() {
+		c.stop()
+	})
+}
+
+func (c *Cache) adjustCurrentMaxSize() {
+	c.mu.RLock()
+	defer c.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	if len(c.partitions) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	var m runtime.MemStats
+	runtime.ReadMemStats(&m)
+	s := c.stats
+	s.memstatsCurrent = m
+	// fmt.Printf("\n\nAvailable = %v\nAlloc = %v\nTotalAlloc = %v\nSys = %v\nNumGC = %v\nMaxSize = %d\nAdjustmentFactor=%f\n\n", helpers.FormatByteCount(s.availableMemory), helpers.FormatByteCount(m.Alloc), helpers.FormatByteCount(m.TotalAlloc), helpers.FormatByteCount(m.Sys), m.NumGC, c.stats.currentMaxSize, s.adjustmentFactor)
+
+	if s.availableMemory >= s.memstatsCurrent.Alloc {
+		if s.adjustmentFactor <= 1.0 {
+			s.adjustmentFactor += 0.2
+		}
+	} else {
+		// We're low on memory.
+		s.adjustmentFactor -= 0.4
+	}
+
+	if s.adjustmentFactor <= 0 {
+		s.adjustmentFactor = 0.05
+	}
+
+	if !s.adjustCurrentMaxSize() {
+		return
+	}
+
+	totalWeight := 0
+	for _, pm := range c.partitions {
+		totalWeight += pm.getOptions().Weight
+	}
+
+	maxSizePerPartition := calculateMaxSizePerPartition(c.stats.currentMaxSize, totalWeight, len(c.partitions))
+
+	evicted := 0
+	for _, p := range c.partitions {
+		evicted += p.adjustMaxSize(p.getOptions().CalculateMaxSize(maxSizePerPartition))
+	}
+
+	if evicted > 0 {
+		c.infol.
+			WithFields(
+				logg.Fields{
+					{Name: "evicted", Value: evicted},
+					{Name: "numGC", Value: m.NumGC},
+					{Name: "limit", Value: helpers.FormatByteCount(c.stats.availableMemory)},
+					{Name: "alloc", Value: helpers.FormatByteCount(m.Alloc)},
+					{Name: "totalAlloc", Value: helpers.FormatByteCount(m.TotalAlloc)},
+				},
+			).Logf("adjusted partitions' max size")
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Cache) start() func() {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(c.opts.CheckInterval)
+	quit := make(chan struct{})
+
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-ticker.C:
+				c.adjustCurrentMaxSize()
+			case <-quit:
+				ticker.Stop()
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	return func() {
+		close(quit)
+	}
+}
+
+var partitionNameRe = regexp.MustCompile(`^\/[a-zA-Z0-9]{4}(\/[a-zA-Z0-9]+)?(\/[a-zA-Z0-9]+)?`)
+
+// GetOrCreatePartition gets or creates a partition with the given name.
+func GetOrCreatePartition[K comparable, V any](c *Cache, name string, opts OptionsPartition) *Partition[K, V] {
+	if c == nil {
+		panic("nil Cache")
+	}
+	if opts.Weight < 1 || opts.Weight > 100 {
+		panic("invalid Weight, must be between 1 and 100")
+	}
+
+	if partitionNameRe.FindString(name) != name {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("invalid partition name %q", name))
+	}
+
+	c.mu.RLock()
+	p, found := c.partitions[name]
+	c.mu.RUnlock()
+	if found {
+		return p.(*Partition[K, V])
+	}
+
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+
+	// Double check.
+	p, found = c.partitions[name]
+	if found {
+		return p.(*Partition[K, V])
+	}
+
+	// At this point, we don't know the the number of partitions or their configuration, but
+	// this will be re-adjusted later.
+	const numberOfPartitionsEstimate = 10
+	maxSize := opts.CalculateMaxSize(c.opts.MaxSize / numberOfPartitionsEstimate)
+
+	// Create a new partition and cache it.
+	partition := &Partition[K, V]{
+		c:       lazycache.New(lazycache.Options[K, V]{MaxEntries: maxSize}),
+		maxSize: maxSize,
+		trace:   c.opts.Log.Logger().WithLevel(logg.LevelTrace).WithField("partition", name),
+		opts:    opts,
+	}
+	c.partitions[name] = partition
+
+	return partition
+}
+
+// Partition is a partition in the cache.
+type Partition[K comparable, V any] struct {
+	c *lazycache.Cache[K, V]
+
+	zero V
+
+	trace logg.LevelLogger
+	opts  OptionsPartition
+
+	maxSize int
+}
+
+// GetOrCreate gets or creates a value for the given key.
+func (p *Partition[K, V]) GetOrCreate(key K, create func(key K) (V, error)) (V, error) {
+	v, _, err := p.c.GetOrCreate(key, create)
+	return v, err
+}
+
+// GetOrCreateWitTimeout gets or creates a value for the given key and times out if the create function
+// takes too long.
+func (p *Partition[K, V]) GetOrCreateWitTimeout(key K, duration time.Duration, create func(key K) (V, error)) (V, error) {
+	resultch := make(chan V, 1)
+	errch := make(chan error, 1)
+
+	go func() {
+		v, _, err := p.c.GetOrCreate(key, create)
+		if err != nil {
+			errch <- err
+			return
+		}
+		resultch <- v
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case v := <-resultch:
+		return v, nil
+	case err := <-errch:
+		return p.zero, err
+	case <-time.After(duration):
+		return p.zero, &herrors.TimeoutError{
+			Duration: duration,
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *Partition[K, V]) clearMatching(predicate func(k, v any) bool) {
+	p.c.DeleteFunc(func(key K, v V) bool {
+		if predicate(key, v) {
+			p.trace.Log(
+				logg.StringFunc(
+					func() string {
+						return fmt.Sprintf("clearing cache key %v", key)
+					},
+				),
+			)
+			return true
+		}
+		return false
+	})
+}
+
+func (p *Partition[K, V]) clearOnRebuild(changeset ...identity.Identity) {
+	opts := p.getOptions()
+	if opts.ClearWhen == ClearNever {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if opts.ClearWhen == ClearOnRebuild {
+		// Clear all.
+		p.Clear()
+		return
+	}
+
+	depsFinder := identity.NewFinder(identity.FinderConfig{})
+
+	shouldDelete := func(key K, v V) bool {
+		// We always clear elements marked as stale.
+		if resource.IsStaleAny(v) {
+			return true
+		}
+
+		// Now check if this entry has changed based on the changeset
+		// based on filesystem events.
+		if len(changeset) == 0 {
+			// Nothing changed.
+			return false
+		}
+
+		var probablyDependent bool
+		identity.WalkIdentitiesShallow(v, func(level int, id2 identity.Identity) bool {
+			for _, id := range changeset {
+				if r := depsFinder.Contains(id, id2, -1); r > 0 {
+					// It's probably dependent, evict from cache.
+					probablyDependent = true
+					return true
+				}
+			}
+			return false
+		})
+
+		return probablyDependent
+	}
+
+	// First pass.
+	// Second pass needs to be done in a separate loop to catch any
+	// elements marked as stale in the other partitions.
+	p.c.DeleteFunc(func(key K, v V) bool {
+		if shouldDelete(key, v) {
+			p.trace.Log(
+				logg.StringFunc(
+					func() string {
+						return fmt.Sprintf("first pass: clearing cache key %v", key)
+					},
+				),
+			)
+			resource.MarkStale(v)
+			return true
+		}
+		return false
+	})
+}
+
+func (p *Partition[K, V]) Keys() []K {
+	var keys []K
+	p.c.DeleteFunc(func(key K, v V) bool {
+		keys = append(keys, key)
+		return false
+	})
+	return keys
+}
+
+func (p *Partition[K, V]) clearStale() {
+	p.c.DeleteFunc(func(key K, v V) bool {
+		isStale := resource.IsStaleAny(v)
+		if isStale {
+			p.trace.Log(
+				logg.StringFunc(
+					func() string {
+						return fmt.Sprintf("second pass: clearing cache key %v", key)
+					},
+				),
+			)
+		}
+
+		return isStale
+	})
+}
+
+// adjustMaxSize adjusts the max size of the and returns the number of items evicted.
+func (p *Partition[K, V]) adjustMaxSize(newMaxSize int) int {
+	if newMaxSize < minMaxSize {
+		newMaxSize = minMaxSize
+	}
+	p.maxSize = newMaxSize
+	// fmt.Println("Adjusting max size of partition from", oldMaxSize, "to", newMaxSize)
+	return p.c.Resize(newMaxSize)
+}
+
+func (p *Partition[K, V]) getMaxSize() int {
+	return p.maxSize
+}
+
+func (p *Partition[K, V]) getOptions() OptionsPartition {
+	return p.opts
+}
+
+func (p *Partition[K, V]) Clear() {
+	p.c.DeleteFunc(func(key K, v V) bool {
+		return true
+	})
+}
+
+func (p *Partition[K, V]) Get(ctx context.Context, key K) (V, bool) {
+	return p.c.Get(key)
+}
+
+type PartitionManager interface {
+	adjustMaxSize(addend int) int
+	getMaxSize() int
+	getOptions() OptionsPartition
+	clearOnRebuild(changeset ...identity.Identity)
+	clearMatching(predicate func(k, v any) bool)
+	clearStale()
+}
+
+const (
+	ClearOnRebuild ClearWhen = iota + 1
+	ClearOnChange
+	ClearNever
+)
+
+type ClearWhen int
+
+type stats struct {
+	opts            Options
+	memstatsCurrent runtime.MemStats
+	currentMaxSize  int
+	availableMemory uint64
+
+	adjustmentFactor float64
+}
+
+func (s *stats) adjustCurrentMaxSize() bool {
+	newCurrentMaxSize := int(math.Floor(float64(s.opts.MaxSize) * s.adjustmentFactor))
+
+	if newCurrentMaxSize < s.opts.MaxSize {
+		newCurrentMaxSize = int(s.opts.MinMaxSize)
+	}
+	changed := newCurrentMaxSize != s.currentMaxSize
+	s.currentMaxSize = newCurrentMaxSize
+	return changed
+}
+
+// CleanKey turns s into a format suitable for a cache key for this package.
+// The key will be a Unix-styled path with a leading slash but no trailing slash.
+func CleanKey(s string) string {
+	return path.Clean(paths.ToSlashPreserveLeading(s))
+}

cache/dynacache/dynacache_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package dynacache
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	qt "github.com/frankban/quicktest"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/loggers"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/identity"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/resources/resource"
+)
+
+var (
+	_ resource.StaleInfo = (*testItem)(nil)
+	_ identity.Identity  = (*testItem)(nil)
+)
+
+type testItem struct {
+	name    string
+	isStale bool
+}
+
+func (t testItem) IsStale() bool {
+	return t.isStale
+}
+
+func (t testItem) IdentifierBase() string {
+	return t.name
+}
+
+func TestCache(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	c := qt.New(t)
+
+	cache := New(Options{
+		Log: loggers.NewDefault(),
+	})
+
+	c.Cleanup(func() {
+		cache.Stop()
+	})
+
+	opts := OptionsPartition{Weight: 30}
+
+	c.Assert(cache, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
+
+	p1 := GetOrCreatePartition[string, testItem](cache, "/aaaa/bbbb", opts)
+	c.Assert(p1, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
+
+	p2 := GetOrCreatePartition[string, testItem](cache, "/aaaa/bbbb", opts)
+
+	c.Assert(func() { GetOrCreatePartition[string, testItem](cache, "foo bar", opts) }, qt.PanicMatches, ".*invalid partition name.*")
+	c.Assert(func() { GetOrCreatePartition[string, testItem](cache, "/aaaa/cccc", OptionsPartition{Weight: 1234}) }, qt.PanicMatches, ".*invalid Weight.*")
+
+	c.Assert(p2, qt.Equals, p1)
+
+	p3 := GetOrCreatePartition[string, testItem](cache, "/aaaa/cccc", opts)
+	c.Assert(p3, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
+	c.Assert(p3, qt.Not(qt.Equals), p1)
+
+	c.Assert(func() { New(Options{}) }, qt.PanicMatches, ".*nil Log.*")
+}
+
+func TestCalculateMaxSizePerPartition(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	c := qt.New(t)
+
+	c.Assert(calculateMaxSizePerPartition(1000, 500, 5), qt.Equals, 200)
+	c.Assert(calculateMaxSizePerPartition(1000, 250, 5), qt.Equals, 400)
+	c.Assert(func() { calculateMaxSizePerPartition(1000, 250, 0) }, qt.PanicMatches, ".*must be > 0.*")
+	c.Assert(func() { calculateMaxSizePerPartition(1000, 0, 1) }, qt.PanicMatches, ".*must be > 0.*")
+}
+
+func TestCleanKey(t *testing.T) {
+	c := qt.New(t)
+
+	c.Assert(CleanKey("a/b/c"), qt.Equals, "/a/b/c")
+	c.Assert(CleanKey("/a/b/c"), qt.Equals, "/a/b/c")
+	c.Assert(CleanKey("a/b/c/"), qt.Equals, "/a/b/c")
+	c.Assert(CleanKey(filepath.FromSlash("/a/b/c/")), qt.Equals, "/a/b/c")
+}
+
+func newTestCache(t *testing.T) *Cache {
+	cache := New(
+		Options{
+			Log: loggers.NewDefault(),
+		},
+	)
+
+	p1 := GetOrCreatePartition[string, testItem](cache, "/aaaa/bbbb", OptionsPartition{Weight: 30, ClearWhen: ClearOnRebuild})
+	p2 := GetOrCreatePartition[string, testItem](cache, "/aaaa/cccc", OptionsPartition{Weight: 30, ClearWhen: ClearOnChange})
+
+	p1.GetOrCreate("clearOnRebuild", func(string) (testItem, error) {
+		return testItem{}, nil
+	})
+
+	p2.GetOrCreate("clearBecauseStale", func(string) (testItem, error) {
+		return testItem{
+			isStale: true,
+		}, nil
+	})
+
+	p2.GetOrCreate("clearBecauseIdentityChanged", func(string) (testItem, error) {
+		return testItem{
+			name: "changed",
+		}, nil
+	})
+
+	p2.GetOrCreate("clearNever", func(string) (testItem, error) {
+		return testItem{
+			isStale: false,
+		}, nil
+	})
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		cache.Stop()
+	})
+
+	return cache
+}
+
+func TestClear(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	c := qt.New(t)
+
+	predicateAll := func(string) bool {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	cache := newTestCache(t)
+
+	c.Assert(cache.Keys(predicateAll), qt.HasLen, 4)
+
+	cache.ClearOnRebuild()
+
+	// Stale items are always cleared.
+	c.Assert(cache.Keys(predicateAll), qt.HasLen, 2)
+
+	cache = newTestCache(t)
+	cache.ClearOnRebuild(identity.StringIdentity("changed"))
+
+	c.Assert(cache.Keys(nil), qt.HasLen, 1)
+
+	cache = newTestCache(t)
+
+	cache.ClearMatching(func(k, v any) bool {
+		return k.(string) == "clearOnRebuild"
+	})
+
+	c.Assert(cache.Keys(predicateAll), qt.HasLen, 3)
+
+	cache.adjustCurrentMaxSize()
+}
+
+func TestAdjustCurrentMaxSize(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	c := qt.New(t)
+	cache := newTestCache(t)
+	alloc := cache.stats.memstatsCurrent.Alloc
+	cache.adjustCurrentMaxSize()
+	c.Assert(cache.stats.memstatsCurrent.Alloc, qt.Not(qt.Equals), alloc)
+}

cache/filecache/filecache.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hugio"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugofs"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/helpers"
 
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ func (l *lockedFile) Close() error {
 func (c *Cache) init() error {
 	c.initOnce.Do(func() {
 		// Create the base dir if it does not exist.
-		if err := c.Fs.MkdirAll("", 0777); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
+		if err := c.Fs.MkdirAll("", 0o777); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
 			c.initErr = err
 		}
 	})
@@ -146,7 +147,8 @@ func (c *Cache) WriteCloser(id string) (ItemInfo, io.WriteCloser, error) {
 // it when done.
 func (c *Cache) ReadOrCreate(id string,
 	read func(info ItemInfo, r io.ReadSeeker) error,
-	create func(info ItemInfo, w io.WriteCloser) error) (info ItemInfo, err error) {
+	create func(info ItemInfo, w io.WriteCloser) error,
+) (info ItemInfo, err error) {
 	if err := c.init(); err != nil {
 		return ItemInfo{}, err
 	}
@@ -380,7 +382,7 @@ func NewCaches(p *helpers.PathSpec) (Caches, error) {
 
 		baseDir := v.DirCompiled
 
-		bfs := afero.NewBasePathFs(cfs, baseDir)
+		bfs := hugofs.NewBasePathFs(cfs, baseDir)
 
 		var pruneAllRootDir string
 		if k == CacheKeyModules {

cache/filecache/filecache_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -86,17 +85,8 @@ dir = ":cacheDir/c"
 		cache := caches.Get("GetJSON")
 		c.Assert(cache, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
 
-		bfs, ok := cache.Fs.(*afero.BasePathFs)
-		c.Assert(ok, qt.Equals, true)
-		filename, err := bfs.RealPath("key")
-		c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
-
 		cache = caches.Get("Images")
 		c.Assert(cache, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
-		bfs, ok = cache.Fs.(*afero.BasePathFs)
-		c.Assert(ok, qt.Equals, true)
-		filename, _ = bfs.RealPath("key")
-		c.Assert(filename, qt.Equals, filepath.FromSlash("_gen/images/key"))
 
 		rf := func(s string) func() (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 			return func() (io.ReadCloser, error) {

cache/filecache/integration_test.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2023 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ package filecache_test
 
 import (
 	"path/filepath"
-
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ title: "Home"
 	_, err := b.H.BaseFs.ResourcesCache.Stat(filepath.Join("_gen", "images"))
 
 	b.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
-
 }
 
 func TestPruneImages(t *testing.T) {
@@ -55,6 +53,7 @@ func TestPruneImages(t *testing.T) {
 		// TODO(bep)
 		t.Skip("skip flaky test on CI server")
 	}
+	t.Skip("skip flaky test")
 	files := `
 -- hugo.toml --
 baseURL = "https://example.com"
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNkYPhfDwAChwGA60e6kgAA
 
 	// TODO(bep) we need a way to test full rebuilds.
 	// For now, just sleep a little so the cache elements expires.
-	time.Sleep(300 * time.Millisecond)
+	time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
 
 	b.RenameFile("assets/a/pixel.png", "assets/b/pixel2.png").Build()
 
@@ -104,5 +103,4 @@ iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNkYPhfDwAChwGA60e6kgAA
 	b.Assert(err, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
 	_, err = b.H.BaseFs.ResourcesCache.Stat(imagesCacheDir)
 	b.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
-
 }

cache/namedmemcache/named_cache.go

@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-// Package namedmemcache provides a memory cache with a named lock. This is suitable
-// for situations where creating the cached resource can be time consuming or otherwise
-// resource hungry, or in situations where a "once only per key" is a requirement.
-package namedmemcache
-
-import (
-	"sync"
-
-	"github.com/BurntSushi/locker"
-)
-
-// Cache holds the cached values.
-type Cache struct {
-	nlocker *locker.Locker
-	cache   map[string]cacheEntry
-	mu      sync.RWMutex
-}
-
-type cacheEntry struct {
-	value any
-	err   error
-}
-
-// New creates a new cache.
-func New() *Cache {
-	return &Cache{
-		nlocker: locker.NewLocker(),
-		cache:   make(map[string]cacheEntry),
-	}
-}
-
-// Clear clears the cache state.
-func (c *Cache) Clear() {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	defer c.mu.Unlock()
-
-	c.cache = make(map[string]cacheEntry)
-	c.nlocker = locker.NewLocker()
-}
-
-// GetOrCreate tries to get the value with the given cache key, if not found
-// create will be called and cached.
-// This method is thread safe. It also guarantees that the create func for a given
-// key is invoked only once for this cache.
-func (c *Cache) GetOrCreate(key string, create func() (any, error)) (any, error) {
-	c.mu.RLock()
-	entry, found := c.cache[key]
-	c.mu.RUnlock()
-
-	if found {
-		return entry.value, entry.err
-	}
-
-	c.nlocker.Lock(key)
-	defer c.nlocker.Unlock(key)
-
-	// Create it.
-	value, err := create()
-
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	c.cache[key] = cacheEntry{value: value, err: err}
-	c.mu.Unlock()
-
-	return value, err
-}

cache/namedmemcache/named_cache_test.go

@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package namedmemcache
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"sync"
-	"testing"
-
-	qt "github.com/frankban/quicktest"
-)
-
-func TestNamedCache(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-	c := qt.New(t)
-
-	cache := New()
-
-	counter := 0
-	create := func() (any, error) {
-		counter++
-		return counter, nil
-	}
-
-	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
-		v1, err := cache.GetOrCreate("a1", create)
-		c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
-		c.Assert(v1, qt.Equals, 1)
-		v2, err := cache.GetOrCreate("a2", create)
-		c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
-		c.Assert(v2, qt.Equals, 2)
-	}
-
-	cache.Clear()
-
-	v3, err := cache.GetOrCreate("a2", create)
-	c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
-	c.Assert(v3, qt.Equals, 3)
-}
-
-func TestNamedCacheConcurrent(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	c := qt.New(t)
-
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-
-	cache := New()
-
-	create := func(i int) func() (any, error) {
-		return func() (any, error) {
-			return i, nil
-		}
-	}
-
-	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func() {
-			defer wg.Done()
-			for j := 0; j < 100; j++ {
-				id := fmt.Sprintf("id%d", j)
-				v, err := cache.GetOrCreate(id, create(j))
-				c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
-				c.Assert(v, qt.Equals, j)
-			}
-		}()
-	}
-	wg.Wait()
-}

commands/commandeer.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2023 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ func (r *rootCommand) ConfigFromProvider(key int32, cfg config.Provider) (*commo
 			publishDirStatic := cfg.GetString("publishDirStatic")
 			workingDir := cfg.GetString("workingDir")
 			absPublishDirStatic := paths.AbsPathify(workingDir, publishDirStatic)
-			staticFs := afero.NewBasePathFs(afero.NewOsFs(), absPublishDirStatic)
+			staticFs := hugofs.NewBasePathFs(afero.NewOsFs(), absPublishDirStatic)
 
 			// Serve from both the static and dynamic fs,
 			// the first will take priority.
@@ -405,8 +405,14 @@ func (r *rootCommand) PreRun(cd, runner *simplecobra.Commandeer) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	r.commonConfigs = lazycache.New[int32, *commonConfig](lazycache.Options{MaxEntries: 5})
-	r.hugoSites = lazycache.New[int32, *hugolib.HugoSites](lazycache.Options{MaxEntries: 5})
+	r.commonConfigs = lazycache.New(lazycache.Options[int32, *commonConfig]{MaxEntries: 5})
+	// We don't want to keep stale HugoSites in memory longer than needed.
+	r.hugoSites = lazycache.New(lazycache.Options[int32, *hugolib.HugoSites]{
+		MaxEntries: 1,
+		OnEvict: func(key int32, value *hugolib.HugoSites) {
+			value.Close()
+		},
+	})
 
 	return nil
 }

commands/commands.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2023 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -37,5 +37,4 @@ func newExec() (*simplecobra.Exec, error) {
 	}
 
 	return simplecobra.New(rootCmd)
-
 }

commands/config.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2023 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ func newConfigCommand() *configCommand {
 			&configMountsCommand{},
 		},
 	}
-
 }
 
 type configCommand struct {
@@ -190,7 +189,6 @@ func (m *configModMounts) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 		Dir:     m.m.Dir(),
 		Mounts:  mounts,
 	})
-
 }
 
 type configMountsCommand struct {

commands/convert.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2023 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func (c *convertCommand) convertAndSavePage(p page.Page, site *hugolib.Site, tar
 		}
 	}
 
-	if p.File().IsZero() {
+	if p.File() == nil {
 		// No content file.
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func (c *convertCommand) convertContents(format metadecoders.Format) error {
 
 	var pagesBackedByFile page.Pages
 	for _, p := range site.AllPages() {
-		if p.File().IsZero() {
+		if p.File() == nil {
 			continue
 		}
 		pagesBackedByFile = append(pagesBackedByFile, p)

commands/deploy.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2023 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 //go:build !nodeploy
 // +build !nodeploy
 
-// Copyright 2023 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func newDeployCommand() simplecobra.Commander {
-
 	return &simpleCommand{
 		name:  "deploy",
 		short: "Deploy your site to a Cloud provider.",

commands/deploy_off.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2023 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 //go:build nodeploy
 // +build nodeploy
 
-// Copyright 2023 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

commands/env.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2023 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

commands/gen.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2023 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ See https://xyproto.github.io/splash/docs/all.html for a preview of the availabl
 				}
 				if found, _ := helpers.Exists(genmandir, hugofs.Os); !found {
 					r.Println("Directory", genmandir, "does not exist, creating...")
-					if err := hugofs.Os.MkdirAll(genmandir, 0777); err != nil {
+					if err := hugofs.Os.MkdirAll(genmandir, 0o777); err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
 				}
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ url: %s
 				}
 				if found, _ := helpers.Exists(gendocdir, hugofs.Os); !found {
 					r.Println("Directory", gendocdir, "does not exist, creating...")
-					if err := hugofs.Os.MkdirAll(gendocdir, 0777); err != nil {
+					if err := hugofs.Os.MkdirAll(gendocdir, 0o777); err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
 				}
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ url: %s
 				cmd.PersistentFlags().SetAnnotation("dir", cobra.BashCompSubdirsInDir, []string{})
 			},
 		}
-
 	}
 
 	var docsHelperTarget string
@@ -241,7 +240,6 @@ url: %s
 			newDocsHelper(),
 		},
 	}
-
 }
 
 type genCommand struct {

commands/helpers.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2023 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -110,12 +110,11 @@ func flagsToCfgWithAdditionalConfigBase(cd *simplecobra.Commandeer, cfg config.P
 	})
 
 	return cfg
-
 }
 
 func mkdir(x ...string) {
 	p := filepath.Join(x...)
-	err := os.MkdirAll(p, 0777) // before umask
+	err := os.MkdirAll(p, 0o777) // before umask
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}

commands/hugo_windows.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2023 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

commands/hugobuilder.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2023 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime/trace"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/bep/logg"
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hugo"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/loggers"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/maps"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/paths"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/terminal"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/types"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config"
@@ -83,7 +85,6 @@ func (c *hugoBuilder) withConf(fn func(conf *commonConfig)) {
 	c.confmu.Lock()
 	defer c.confmu.Unlock()
 	fn(c.conf)
-
 }
 
 type hugoBuilderErrState struct {
@@ -135,46 +136,12 @@ func (c *hugoBuilder) errCount() int {
 
 // getDirList provides NewWatcher() with a list of directories to watch for changes.
 func (c *hugoBuilder) getDirList() ([]string, error) {
-	var filenames []string
-
-	walkFn := func(path string, fi hugofs.FileMetaInfo, err error) error {
-		if err != nil {
-			c.r.logger.Errorln("walker: ", err)
-			return nil
-		}
-
-		if fi.IsDir() {
-			if fi.Name() == ".git" ||
-				fi.Name() == "node_modules" || fi.Name() == "bower_components" {
-				return filepath.SkipDir
-			}
-
-			filenames = append(filenames, fi.Meta().Filename)
-		}
-
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	h, err := c.hugo()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	watchFiles := h.PathSpec.BaseFs.WatchDirs()
-	for _, fi := range watchFiles {
-		if !fi.IsDir() {
-			filenames = append(filenames, fi.Meta().Filename)
-			continue
-		}
 
-		w := hugofs.NewWalkway(hugofs.WalkwayConfig{Logger: c.r.logger, Info: fi, WalkFn: walkFn})
-		if err := w.Walk(); err != nil {
-			c.r.logger.Errorln("walker: ", err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	filenames = helpers.UniqueStringsSorted(filenames)
-
-	return filenames, nil
+	return helpers.UniqueStringsSorted(h.PathSpec.BaseFs.WatchFilenames()), nil
 }
 
 func (c *hugoBuilder) initCPUProfile() (func(), error) {
@@ -441,7 +408,7 @@ func (c *hugoBuilder) copyStatic() (map[string]uint64, error) {
 }
 
 func (c *hugoBuilder) copyStaticTo(sourceFs *filesystems.SourceFilesystem) (uint64, error) {
-	infol := c.r.logger.InfoCommand("copy static")
+	infol := c.r.logger.InfoCommand("static")
 	publishDir := helpers.FilePathSeparator
 
 	if sourceFs.PublishFolder != "" {
@@ -467,11 +434,11 @@ func (c *hugoBuilder) copyStaticTo(sourceFs *filesystems.SourceFilesystem) (uint
 	if syncer.Delete {
 		infol.Logf("removing all files from destination that don't exist in static dirs")
 
-		syncer.DeleteFilter = func(f os.FileInfo) bool {
+		syncer.DeleteFilter = func(f fsync.FileInfo) bool {
 			return f.IsDir() && strings.HasPrefix(f.Name(), ".")
 		}
 	}
-	infol.Logf("syncing static files to %s", publishDir)
+	start := time.Now()
 
 	// because we are using a baseFs (to get the union right).
 	// set sync src to root
@@ -479,9 +446,10 @@ func (c *hugoBuilder) copyStaticTo(sourceFs *filesystems.SourceFilesystem) (uint
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
+	loggers.TimeTrackf(infol, start, nil, "syncing static files to %s", publishDir)
 
-	// Sync runs Stat 3 times for every source file (which sounds much)
-	numFiles := fs.statCounter / 3
+	// Sync runs Stat 2 times for every source file.
+	numFiles := fs.statCounter / 2
 
 	return numFiles, err
 }
@@ -652,13 +620,31 @@ func (c *hugoBuilder) handleBuildErr(err error, msg string) {
 func (c *hugoBuilder) handleEvents(watcher *watcher.Batcher,
 	staticSyncer *staticSyncer,
 	evs []fsnotify