Make sure file mounts higher up wins

Fixes #9693

2 files changed, 128 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/hugolib/filesystems/basefs.go b/hugolib/filesystems/basefs.go
index 2e32932c6..6e3f88a4b 100644
--- a/hugolib/filesystems/basefs.go
+++ b/hugolib/filesystems/basefs.go
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ func (b *sourceFilesystemsBuilder) createMainOverlayFs(p *paths.Paths) (*filesys
 			Module:        mod,
 			dir:           dir,
 			isMainProject: isMainProject,
+			ordinal:       j,
 		}
 		j++
 	}
@@ -635,12 +636,12 @@ func (b *sourceFilesystemsBuilder) createModFs(
 		return md.dir, paths.AbsPathify(md.dir, path)
 	}
 
-	for _, mount := range md.Mounts() {
+	for i, mount := range md.Mounts() {
 
-		mountWeight := 1
-		if md.isMainProject {
-			mountWeight++
-		}
+		// Add more weight to early mounts.
+		// When two mounts contain the same filename,
+		// the first entry wins.
+		mountWeight := (10 + md.ordinal) * (len(md.Mounts()) - i)
 
 		inclusionFilter, err := glob.NewFilenameFilter(
 			types.ToStringSlicePreserveString(mount.IncludeFiles),
@@ -829,6 +830,7 @@ type mountsDescriptor struct {
 	modules.Module
 	dir           string
 	isMainProject bool
+	ordinal       int
 }
 
 func (b *sourceFilesystemsBuilder) createOverlayFs(collector *filesystemsCollector, mounts []mountsDescriptor) error {
diff --git a/hugolib/language_content_dir_test.go b/hugolib/language_content_dir_test.go
index 682531566..541878220 100644
--- a/hugolib/language_content_dir_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/language_content_dir_test.go
@@ -403,3 +403,124 @@ Page: /fr/event/page2/|ev-fr2
 Page: /fr/other/page1/|other-fr1
 Page: /fr/other/page2/|other-fr2`)
 }
+
+// Issue 9693
+func TestContentMountMerge(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	files := `
+-- config.toml --
+baseURL = 'https://example.org/'
+languageCode = 'en-us'
+title = 'Hugo Forum Topic #37225'
+theme = 'mytheme'
+
+disableKinds = ['sitemap','RSS','taxonomy','term']
+defaultContentLanguage = 'en'
+defaultContentLanguageInSubdir = true
+
+[languages.en]
+languageName = 'English'
+weight = 1
+[languages.de]
+languageName = 'Deutsch'
+weight = 2
+[languages.nl]
+languageName = 'Nederlands'
+weight = 3
+
+# EN content
+[[module.mounts]]
+source = 'content/en'
+target = 'content'
+lang = 'en'
+
+# DE content
+[[module.mounts]]
+source = 'content/de'
+target = 'content'
+lang = 'de'
+
+# This fills in the gaps in DE content with EN content
+[[module.mounts]]
+source = 'content/en'
+target = 'content'
+lang = 'de'
+
+# NL content
+[[module.mounts]]
+source = 'content/nl'
+target = 'content'
+lang = 'nl'
+
+# This should fill in the gaps in NL content with EN content
+[[module.mounts]]
+source = 'content/en'
+target = 'content'
+lang = 'nl'
+
+-- content/de/_index.md --
+---
+title: "home (de)"
+---
+-- content/de/p1.md --
+---
+title: "p1 (de)"
+---
+-- content/en/_index.md --
+---
+title: "home (en)"
+---
+-- content/en/p1.md --
+---
+title: "p1 (en)"
+---
+-- content/en/p2.md --
+---
+title: "p2 (en)"
+---
+-- content/en/p3.md --
+---
+title: "p3 (en)"
+---
+-- content/nl/_index.md --
+---
+title: "home (nl)"
+---
+-- content/nl/p1.md --
+---
+title: "p1 (nl)"
+---
+-- content/nl/p3.md --
+---
+title: "p3 (nl)"
+---
+-- layouts/home.html --
+{{ .Title }}: {{ site.Language.Lang }}: {{ range site.RegularPages }}{{ .Title }}|{{ end }}:END
+-- themes/mytheme/config.toml --
+[[module.mounts]]
+source = 'content/nlt'
+target = 'content'
+lang = 'nl'
+-- themes/mytheme/content/nlt/p3.md --
+---
+title: "p3 theme (nl)"
+---
+-- themes/mytheme/content/nlt/p4.md --
+---
+title: "p4 theme (nl)"
+---
+`
+
+	b := NewIntegrationTestBuilder(
+		IntegrationTestConfig{
+			T:           t,
+			TxtarString: files,
+		},
+	).Build()
+
+	b.AssertFileContent("public/nl/index.html", `home (nl): nl: p1 (nl)|p2 (en)|p3 (nl)|p4 theme (nl)|:END`)
+	b.AssertFileContent("public/de/index.html", `home (de): de: p1 (de)|p2 (en)|p3 (en)|:END`)
+	b.AssertFileContent("public/en/index.html", `home (en): en: p1 (en)|p2 (en)|p3 (en)|:END`)
+
+}