Support open "current content page" in browser

This commit adds a new `--navigateToChanged` and config setting with the same name, that, when running the Hugo server with live reload enabled, will navigate to the current content file's URL on save. 

This is really useful for site-wide content changes (copyedits etc.).
Fixes #3643

2 files changed, 38 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/commands/hugo.go b/commands/hugo.go
index b965ba167..42e129cf1 100644
--- a/commands/hugo.go
+++ b/commands/hugo.go
@@ -981,8 +981,28 @@ func (c *commandeer) newWatcher(port int) error {
 					}
 
 					if !buildWatch && !c.Cfg.GetBool("disableLiveReload") {
-						// Will block forever trying to write to a channel that nobody is reading if livereload isn't initialized
-						livereload.ForceRefresh()
+
+						navigate := c.Cfg.GetBool("navigateToChanged")
+
+						var p *hugolib.Page
+
+						if navigate {
+
+							// It is probably more confusing than useful
+							// to navigate to a new URL on RENAME etc.
+							// so for now we use the WRITE event only.
+							name := pickOneWritePath(dynamicEvents)
+
+							if name != "" {
+								p = Hugo.GetContentPage(name)
+							}
+						}
+
+						if p != nil {
+							livereload.NavigateToPath(p.RelPermalink())
+						} else {
+							livereload.ForceRefresh()
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			case err := <-watcher.Errors:
@@ -1007,6 +1027,16 @@ func (c *commandeer) newWatcher(port int) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func pickOneWritePath(events []fsnotify.Event) string {
+	for _, ev := range events {
+		if ev.Op&fsnotify.Write == fsnotify.Write {
+			return ev.Name
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ""
+}
+
 func (c *commandeer) isStatic(path string) bool {
 	return strings.HasPrefix(path, c.PathSpec().GetStaticDirPath()) || (len(c.PathSpec().GetThemesDirPath()) > 0 && strings.HasPrefix(path, c.PathSpec().GetThemesDirPath()))
 }
diff --git a/commands/server.go b/commands/server.go
index 32a94f9c8..89d5c239e 100644
--- a/commands/server.go
+++ b/commands/server.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	disableLiveReload bool
+	navigateToChanged bool
 	renderToDisk      bool
 	serverAppend      bool
 	serverInterface   string
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ func init() {
 	serverCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&serverWatch, "watch", "w", true, "watch filesystem for changes and recreate as needed")
 	serverCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&serverAppend, "appendPort", "", true, "append port to baseURL")
 	serverCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&disableLiveReload, "disableLiveReload", false, "watch without enabling live browser reload on rebuild")
+	serverCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&navigateToChanged, "navigateToChanged", false, "navigate to changed content file on live browser reload")
 	serverCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&renderToDisk, "renderToDisk", false, "render to Destination path (default is render to memory & serve from there)")
 	serverCmd.Flags().String("memstats", "", "log memory usage to this file")
 	serverCmd.Flags().String("meminterval", "100ms", "interval to poll memory usage (requires --memstats), valid time units are \"ns\", \"us\" (or \"µs\"), \"ms\", \"s\", \"m\", \"h\".")
@@ -110,6 +112,10 @@ func server(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		c.Set("disableLiveReload", disableLiveReload)
 	}
 
+	if cmd.Flags().Changed("navigateToChanged") {
+		c.Set("navigateToChanged", navigateToChanged)
+	}
+
 	if serverWatch {
 		c.Set("watch", true)
 	}