Malformed list

A page’s posts: line, which chooses the posts the page lists, can’t be read.

What you’ll see

error  Malformed list: a list starts from `site.posts`, not `site.pages`
  Start it with `site.posts`, as `site.posts | tagged("Rust")`.
  More: https://statac.dev/e/malformed-list/

In the terminal the message also names the file and line where there is one, and marks the exact text.

Why Statac stops

A posts: line starts from every post on the site, site.posts, and keeps some of them with filters, each after a |:

• tagged("Rust") keeps the posts with that tag.
• in("blog") keeps the posts in that folder, however deeply filed.
• where("field", "value") keeps the posts whose field holds that value.

These are the same filters templates use. A line that starts elsewhere, uses another filter, or leaves a bracket or a quote open can’t say which posts it means, so the build stops at the place in the line.

How to fix it

Start the line with site.posts, and write each filter with its values in brackets, each value in quotes. The order the posts are listed in is the page’s order:, newest first unless it says oldest first.

Example

content/rust.md:

---
title: Rust
posts: site.posts | tagged(Rust
---

With the bracket closed:

---
title: Rust
posts: site.posts | in("blog") | tagged("Rust")
---

Its name

Name	malformed-list
In the terminal	statac explain malformed-list
To stop showing it	It stops the build, so it can't be quietened.