Filter dot files etc. in i18n

Closes #11993

3 files changed, 22 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/hugolib/hugo_sites.go b/hugolib/hugo_sites.go
index 24ff1077f..99dc88b10 100644
--- a/hugolib/hugo_sites.go
+++ b/hugolib/hugo_sites.go
@@ -473,7 +473,8 @@ func (h *HugoSites) loadData() error {
 	h.data = make(map[string]any)
 	w := hugofs.NewWalkway(
 		hugofs.WalkwayConfig{
-			Fs: h.PathSpec.BaseFs.Data.Fs,
+			Fs:         h.PathSpec.BaseFs.Data.Fs,
+			IgnoreFile: h.SourceSpec.IgnoreFile,
 			WalkFn: func(path string, fi hugofs.FileMetaInfo) error {
 				if fi.IsDir() {
 					return nil
diff --git a/hugolib/language_test.go b/hugolib/language_test.go
index c9368770e..582d3985f 100644
--- a/hugolib/language_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/language_test.go
@@ -135,3 +135,14 @@ FormatNumberCustom: 12,345.68
 NumFmt: -98,765.43
 `)
 }
+
+// Issue 11993.
+func TestI18nDotFile(t *testing.T) {
+	files := `
+-- hugo.toml --{}
+baseURL = "https://example.com"
+-- i18n/.keep --
+-- data/.keep --
+`
+	Test(t, files)
+}
diff --git a/hugolib/pages_capture.go b/hugolib/pages_capture.go
index acdc674e6..b7da065fd 100644
--- a/hugolib/pages_capture.go
+++ b/hugolib/pages_capture.go
@@ -249,9 +249,6 @@ func (c *pagesCollector) collectDir(dirPath *paths.Path, isDir bool, inFilter fu
 
 func (c *pagesCollector) collectDirDir(path string, root hugofs.FileMetaInfo, inFilter func(fim hugofs.FileMetaInfo) bool) error {
 	filter := func(fim hugofs.FileMetaInfo) bool {
-		if c.sp.IgnoreFile(fim.Meta().Filename) {
-			return false
-		}
 		if inFilter != nil {
 			return inFilter(fim)
 		}
@@ -330,13 +327,14 @@ func (c *pagesCollector) collectDirDir(path string, root hugofs.FileMetaInfo, in
 
 	w := hugofs.NewWalkway(
 		hugofs.WalkwayConfig{
-			Logger:   c.logger,
-			Root:     path,
-			Info:     root,
-			Fs:       c.fs,
-			HookPre:  preHook,
-			HookPost: postHook,
-			WalkFn:   wfn,
+			Logger:     c.logger,
+			Root:       path,
+			Info:       root,
+			Fs:         c.fs,
+			IgnoreFile: c.h.SourceSpec.IgnoreFile,
+			HookPre:    preHook,
+			HookPost:   postHook,
+			WalkFn:     wfn,
 		})
 
 	return w.Walk()
@@ -371,6 +369,7 @@ func (c *pagesCollector) handleBundleLeaf(dir, bundle hugofs.FileMetaInfo, inPat
 			Logger:     c.logger,
 			Info:       dir,
 			DirEntries: readdir,
+			IgnoreFile: c.h.SourceSpec.IgnoreFile,
 			WalkFn:     walk,
 		})