Absolute paths not working in mount

[kvakulo]

What version of Hugo are you using (hugo version)?

Hugo Static Site Generator v0.61.0-9B445B9D windows/amd64 BuildDate: 2019-12-11T08:29:13Z

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release? ✔️

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When trying to use an absolute path in a mount for the main project, e.g.

{
  "module":{
    "mounts":[
      {
        "source":"C:\\my-awesome-content",
        "target":"content"
      }
    ]
  }
}

The mount is not getting set and the output of hugo config mounts is:

{
   "path": "project",
   "dir": "c:\\projects\\my-project",
   "mounts": [
      {
         "source": "content",
         "target": "content"
      }
   ]
}

However according to the documentation it should be supported:

hugo/docs/content/en/hugo-modules/configuration.md

Line 125 in 7935504

: The source directory of the mount. For the main project, this can be either project-relative or absolute and even a symbolic link. For other modules it must be project-relative.

The issue seems to be around here:

hugo/modules/collect.go

Line 566 in 14a1de1

sourceDir := filepath.Join(dir, mnt.Source)

As the project directory is always joined with the mount source.

When changing the logic to:

sourceDir := "";

if filepath.IsAbs(mnt.Source) {
	sourceDir = mnt.Source;
} else {
	sourceDir = filepath.Join(dir, mnt.Source)
}

Then the output of hugo config mounts is correct:

{
   "path": "project",
   "dir": "c:\\projects\\my-project",
   "mounts": [
      {
         "source": "C:\\my-awesome-content",
         "target": "content"
      }
   ]
}

I'm sure this isn't the solution, but I hope it can illustrate the issue 😄

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