From 4ffaeaf15536596c94dc73b393ca7894e3bd5e2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B8rn=20Erik=20Pedersen?=
 <bjorn.erik.pedersen@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:47:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] modules: Throw an error running hugo mod vendor on mountless
 module

---
 modules/client.go | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/client.go b/modules/client.go
index 1640e1907..571ece15e 100644
--- a/modules/client.go
+++ b/modules/client.go
@@ -237,6 +237,12 @@ func (c *Client) Vendor() error {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		// See https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/8239
+		// This is an error situation. We need something to vendor.
+		if t.Mounts() == nil {
+			return errors.Errorf("cannot vendor module %q, need at least one mount", t.Path())
+		}
+
 		fmt.Fprintln(&modulesContent, "# "+t.Path()+" "+t.Version())
 
 		dir := t.Dir()