Revert "hugolib: Restore taxonomy term path separation"

See #5571

This reverts commit 9ce0a1fb7011bd75eb0e2262e35354c49ce98ac5.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/hugolib/hugo_sites.go b/hugolib/hugo_sites.go
index a211956df..e44390e4b 100644
--- a/hugolib/hugo_sites.go
+++ b/hugolib/hugo_sites.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package hugolib
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
-	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
@@ -521,15 +520,6 @@ func (h *HugoSites) assignMissingTranslations() error {
 func (h *HugoSites) createMissingPages() error {
 	var newPages Pages
 
-	singularPlural := func(p *Page) (string, string) {
-		slen := len(p.sections)
-		singular := p.sections[slen-1]
-		singular = p.s.PathSpec.MakePathSanitized(singular)
-		plural := path.Join((p.sections[:slen-1])...)
-
-		return singular, plural
-	}
-
 	for _, s := range h.Sites {
 		if s.isEnabled(KindHome) {
 			// home pages
@@ -554,7 +544,6 @@ func (h *HugoSites) createMissingPages() error {
 		if len(taxonomies) > 0 {
 			taxonomyPages := s.findPagesByKind(KindTaxonomy)
 			taxonomyTermsPages := s.findPagesByKind(KindTaxonomyTerm)
-
 			for _, plural := range taxonomies {
 				if s.isEnabled(KindTaxonomyTerm) {
 					foundTaxonomyTermsPage := false
@@ -581,10 +570,11 @@ func (h *HugoSites) createMissingPages() error {
 							key = s.PathSpec.MakeSegment(key)
 						}
 						for _, p := range taxonomyPages {
-
-							singularKey, pluralKey := singularPlural(p)
-
-							if pluralKey == plural && singularKey == key {
+							// Some people may have /authors/MaxMustermann etc. as paths.
+							// p.sections contains the raw values from the file system.
+							// See https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/4238
+							singularKey := s.PathSpec.MakePathSanitized(p.sections[1])
+							if p.sections[0] == plural && singularKey == key {
 								foundTaxonomyPage = true
 								break
 							}