Static files of drafts will be published even when `DRAFT_SAVE_AS = ""`

[diegoe]

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• OS version and name: macOS 14.5 23F79
• Python version: 3.12.4
• Pelican version: 4.9.1
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Issue

When an article is set to draft status, the static files used in it will be pulled into the published output even if no draft pages are generated (DRAFT_SAVE_AS="")

Since the above setting is described in docs as a way to omit entire categories/types, I would expect static files from said content to be omitted too.

[diegoe]

FWIW, I have monkey-patched the above behavior with a plugin connected to article_generator_context:

"""Pelican plugin to omit publishing static_links of unrendered content.

Patches `Generator.add_static_links` to skip any content that has an
empty `.save_as`. This happens whenever content is omitted in Pelican's
configuration by setting a `*_SAVE_AS` variable to `""`
"""
import logging
import types

from pelican import signals
from pelican.contents import Content
from pelican.generators import Generator


logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


def create_omit_draft_static(
    context_sender: Generator, metadata: dict
) -> None:
    """Patch Generator.add_static_links to omit unrendered content."""
    original_function = context_sender.add_static_links

    def patched(self: Generator, content: Content):
        if content.save_as:
            original_function(content)
        else:
            logger.info(
                "Omitting static_links for: %s",
                content.relative_source_path,
            )

    context_sender.add_static_links = types.MethodType(
        patched, context_sender
    )


def register() -> None:
    """Register Pelican plugin."""
    signals.article_generator_context.connect(create_omit_draft_static)