create: Respect --noBuildLock in hugo new

commands/commandeer.go

@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ Complete documentation is available at https://gohugo.io/.`
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringP("themesDir", "", "", "filesystem path to themes directory")
 	_ = cmd.MarkFlagDirname("themesDir")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().StringP("ignoreVendorPaths", "", "", "ignores any _vendor for module paths matching the given Glob pattern")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolP("noBuildLock", "", false, "don't create .hugo_build.lock file")
 	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("ignoreVendorPaths", cobra.NoFileCompletions)
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().String("clock", "", "set the clock used by Hugo, e.g. --clock 2021-11-06T22:30:00.00+09:00")
 	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("clock", cobra.NoFileCompletions)
@@ -593,7 +594,6 @@ func applyLocalFlagsBuild(cmd *cobra.Command, r *rootCommand) {
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&r.forceSyncStatic, "forceSyncStatic", false, "copy all files when static is changed.")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("noTimes", "", false, "don't sync modification time of files")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("noChmod", "", false, "don't sync permission mode of files")
-	cmd.Flags().BoolP("noBuildLock", "", false, "don't create .hugo_build.lock file")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("printI18nWarnings", "", false, "print missing translations")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("printPathWarnings", "", false, "print warnings on duplicate target paths etc.")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP("printUnusedTemplates", "", false, "print warnings on unused templates.")

create/content.go

@@ -82,11 +82,13 @@ func NewContent(h *hugolib.HugoSites, kind, targetPath string, force bool) error
 	b.setArcheTypeFilenameToUse(ext)
 
 	withBuildLock := func() (string, error) {
-		unlock, err := h.BaseFs.LockBuild()
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to acquire a build lock: %s", err)
+		if !h.Configs.Base.NoBuildLock {
+			unlock, err := h.BaseFs.LockBuild()
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to acquire a build lock: %s", err)
+			}
+			defer unlock()
 		}
-		defer unlock()
 
 		if b.isDir {
 			return "", b.buildDir()