Could Book-template have not homepage, directly into docs?

[halfrost]

I want to bind URL directly to Book docs documents, but the error message shows "Homepage not found at /home/index.md!". How can I skip the homepage?

[chrede88]

Yes that's possible.
Generally, a file on this path: ./content/_index.md, will be rendered as the homepage.
Take a look at this: https://gohugo.io/templates/homepage/

If you remove ./content/home/ and place the content of ./content/<docs> on ./content/, Hugo should render your docs on the landing page. I've tested this using the starter-book template, it should work.

Your ./content/ file tree should look something like this now:

./content/
├──  _index.md
├──  chapter1
└──  chapter2

Now, you'll also have to change the menu links etc. And I can't promise you that something else won't break. I've only done a minimal test.

[halfrost]

Thanks for your idea. It works! I follow your advice. I use hugo server start page in my local. Then I delete the home folder. The result is exactly as you said.

But _index.md still in the menu. This should not be deleted, yet? Maybe I want to write some preface content in here.