Add `--force` to `hugo new`

Closes #9243

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/hugolib/content_factory.go b/hugolib/content_factory.go
index 0a4d0aa0a..017a0bc97 100644
--- a/hugolib/content_factory.go
+++ b/hugolib/content_factory.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (f ContentFactory) SectionFromFilename(filename string) (string, error) {
 
 // CreateContentPlaceHolder creates a content placeholder file inside the
 // best matching content directory.
-func (f ContentFactory) CreateContentPlaceHolder(filename string) (string, error) {
+func (f ContentFactory) CreateContentPlaceHolder(filename string, force bool) (string, error) {
 	filename = filepath.Clean(filename)
 	_, abs, err := f.h.AbsProjectContentDir(filename)
 
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ _build:
 
 `
 
+	if force {
+		return abs, afero.WriteReader(f.h.Fs.Source, abs, strings.NewReader(placeholder))
+	}
 	return abs, afero.SafeWriteReader(f.h.Fs.Source, abs, strings.NewReader(placeholder))
 }
 
diff --git a/hugolib/content_factory_test.go b/hugolib/content_factory_test.go
index 23dcd660a..2c4b843a9 100644
--- a/hugolib/content_factory_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/content_factory_test.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Hello World.
 `)
 		b.CreateSites()
 		cf := NewContentFactory(b.H)
-		abs, err := cf.CreateContentPlaceHolder(filepath.FromSlash("mcontent/en/blog/mypage.md"))
+		abs, err := cf.CreateContentPlaceHolder(filepath.FromSlash("mcontent/en/blog/mypage.md"), false)
 		b.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
 		b.Assert(abs, qt.Equals, filepath.FromSlash("/my/work/mcontent/en/blog/mypage.md"))
 		b.Build(BuildCfg{SkipRender: true})
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ theme = 'ipsum'
 		b.WithSourceFile(filepath.Join(themeDir, "content/posts/foo.txt"), `Hello.`)
 		b.CreateSites()
 		cf := NewContentFactory(b.H)
-		abs, err := cf.CreateContentPlaceHolder(filepath.FromSlash("posts/test.md"))
+		abs, err := cf.CreateContentPlaceHolder(filepath.FromSlash("posts/test.md"), false)
 		b.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
 		b.Assert(abs, qt.Equals, filepath.FromSlash("content/posts/test.md"))