Feature removal: ambiguous layout file search

[zachleat]

If you omit the file extension (for example layout: mylayout), Eleventy will cycle through all of the supported template formats (mylayout.*) to look for a matching layout file.

https://www.11ty.dev/docs/layouts/#omitting-the-layouts-file-extension

I’d like to phase out the above feature and make it not enabled by default, with the option to re-enable via config option.

This feature requires potentially 10 or 11 file system checks (one per template extension) and the ordering is ambiguous. If you have a base.liquid and base.njk—which does it select? I think for this specific case it’s better to be explicit, especially as we improve incremental builds.

[zachleat]

Docs for this at https://www.11ty.dev/docs/layouts/#omitting-the-layouts-file-extension

[j-f1]

this functionality will likely may be removed

Looks like you have one or two extra words there :)

[zachleat]

Pushed a fix, thank you @j-f1!

[zachleat]

Notably, this is being reverted!

#2708

[zachleat]

Putting this one back into the enhancement queue

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