Hugo asset pipeline security.exec.allow error
If you hit this error with recent versions of Hugo:
Error: Error building site: BABEL: failed to transform "js/main.js" (application/javascript): access denied: "babel" is not whitelisted in policy "security.exec.allow"; the current security configuration is:
You need to allow babel in Hugo’s security rules in the config file, like
this:
[security]
[security.exec]
allow = ['^go$', '^npx$', '^postcss$', '^babel$']