Add resources.Put(targetPath)

[bep]

See discussion in: https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/babel-ts-file-extension-remains-ts/26318/6

I answered a little hasty in that thread, as I had forgot my own API in this area. For ToCSS we have a TargetPath option, for babel and postCSS we have not (mostly because, I think, I assumed you would want the same path as the input).

Instead of adding TargetPath to every transformer function that could potentially need it, I suggest we add a resources.Copy function that takes the targetPath as the only argument. So you could do:

{{ $myTypeScript := resources.Get "myjs.js" | babel | resources.Copy "mytypescript.ts" }}

Note that a current workaround for the above would be:

{{ $js := resources.Get "myjs.js" | babel  }}
{{ $ts := slice $js | resources.Concat "mytypescript.ts" }}

@regisphilibert -- the master of naming things, do you think the above is a good idea and that the function name is good?

[regisphilibert]

This is a great idea. Now when I read Copy I'm tempted to think I'll end up with duplicates and maybe others will.

Unless it's programatically crazy to use put as a method name, I think .Put would be a good counter to .Get and give a sense that this will define "where" the file will live (will be put) when published.

Also, whenever dealing with temporary files (php upload etc...), people are used to move. But again, it's still pointing to an action which is not really happening... nothing really gets moved...

[bep]

Now when I read Copy I'm tempted to think I'll end up with duplicates and maybe others will.

You kind of do if you construct it like this:

{{ $js := resources.Get "myjs.js" | babel  }}
{{ $ts := $js | resources.Copy "mytypescript.ts" }}

I kind of like .Put, too, but let it linger.

[bep]

Given the discussion above, what would be the best name for this new function:

[jmooring]

Addressed by #9920

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