Add segments config + --renderSegments flag

Named segments can be defined in `hugo.toml`.

* Eeach segment consists of zero or more `exclude` filters and zero or more `include` filters.
* Eeach filter consists of one or more field Glob matchers.
* Eeach filter in a section (`exclude` or `include`) is ORed together, each matcher in a filter is ANDed together.

The current list of fields that can be filtered are:

* path as defined in https://gohugo.io/methods/page/path/
* kind
* lang
* output (output format, e.g. html).

It is recommended to put coarse grained filters (e.g. for language and output format) in the excludes section, e.g.:

```toml
[segments.segment1]
  [[segments.segment1.excludes]]
    lang = "n*"
  [[segments.segment1.excludes]]
    no     = "en"
    output = "rss"
  [[segments.segment1.includes]]
    term = "{home,term,taxonomy}"
  [[segments.segment1.includes]]
    path = "{/docs,/docs/**}"
```

By default, Hugo will render all segments, but you can enable filters by setting the `renderSegments` option or `--renderSegments` flag, e.g:

```
hugo --renderSegments segment1,segment2
```

For segment `segment1` in the configuration above, this will:

* Skip rendering of all languages matching `n*`, e.g. `no`.
* Skip rendering of the output format `rss` for the `en` language.
* It will render all pages of kind `home`, `term` or `taxonomy`
* It will render the `/docs` section and all pages below.

Fixes #10106

10 files changed, 501 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/commands/commandeer.go b/commands/commandeer.go
index 1e5928ff9..a0e4e3836 100644
--- a/commands/commandeer.go
+++ b/commands/commandeer.go
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ func applyLocalFlagsBuildConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, r *rootCommand) {
 	cmd.Flags().StringP("cacheDir", "", "", "filesystem path to cache directory")
 	_ = cmd.Flags().SetAnnotation("cacheDir", cobra.BashCompSubdirsInDir, []string{})
 	cmd.Flags().StringP("contentDir", "c", "", "filesystem path to content directory")
+	cmd.Flags().StringSliceP("renderSegments", "", []string{}, "named segments to render (configured in the segments config)")
 	_ = cmd.Flags().SetAnnotation("theme", cobra.BashCompSubdirsInDir, []string{"themes"})
 }
 
diff --git a/config/allconfig/allconfig.go b/config/allconfig/allconfig.go
index 3a7908d55..f0e72dabc 100644
--- a/config/allconfig/allconfig.go
+++ b/config/allconfig/allconfig.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config/services"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/deploy/deployconfig"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/helpers"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugolib/segments"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/langs"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/markup/markup_config"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/media"
@@ -139,6 +140,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// a slice of page matcher and params to apply to those pages.
 	Cascade *config.ConfigNamespace[[]page.PageMatcherParamsConfig, map[page.PageMatcher]maps.Params] `mapstructure:"-"`
 
+	// The segments defines segments for the site. Used for partial/segmented builds.
+	Segments *config.ConfigNamespace[map[string]segments.SegmentConfig, segments.Segments] `mapstructure:"-"`
+
 	// Menu configuration.
 	// <docsmeta>{"refs": ["config:languages:menus"] }</docsmeta>
 	Menus *config.ConfigNamespace[map[string]navigation.MenuConfig, navigation.Menus] `mapstructure:"-"`
@@ -366,6 +370,7 @@ func (c *Config) CompileConfig(logger loggers.Logger) error {
 		CreateTitle:       helpers.GetTitleFunc(c.TitleCaseStyle),
 		IsUglyURLSection:  isUglyURL,
 		IgnoreFile:        ignoreFile,
+		SegmentFilter:     c.Segments.Config.Get(func(s string) { logger.Warnf("Render segment %q not found in configuration", s) }, c.RootConfig.RenderSegments...),
 		MainSections:      c.MainSections,
 		Clock:             clock,
 		transientErr:      transientErr,
@@ -402,6 +407,7 @@ type ConfigCompiled struct {
 	CreateTitle       func(s string) string
 	IsUglyURLSection  func(section string) bool
 	IgnoreFile        func(filename string) bool
+	SegmentFilter     segments.SegmentFilter
 	MainSections      []string
 	Clock             time.Time
 
@@ -474,6 +480,10 @@ type RootConfig struct {
 	// A list of languages to disable.
 	DisableLanguages []string
 
+	// The named segments to render.
+	// This needs to match the name of the segment in the segments configuration.
+	RenderSegments []string
+
 	// Disable the injection of the Hugo generator tag on the home page.
 	DisableHugoGeneratorInject bool
 
diff --git a/config/allconfig/alldecoders.go b/config/allconfig/alldecoders.go
index 5d31d5d35..7d968e4ad 100644
--- a/config/allconfig/alldecoders.go
+++ b/config/allconfig/alldecoders.go
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config/security"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config/services"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/deploy/deployconfig"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugolib/segments"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/langs"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/markup/markup_config"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/media"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/minifiers"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/modules"
+
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/navigation"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/output"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/related"
@@ -120,6 +122,14 @@ var allDecoderSetups = map[string]decodeWeight{
 			return err
 		},
 	},
+	"segments": {
+		key: "segments",
+		decode: func(d decodeWeight, p decodeConfig) error {
+			var err error
+			p.c.Segments, err = segments.DecodeSegments(p.p.GetStringMap(d.key))
+			return err
+		},
+	},
 	"server": {
 		key: "server",
 		decode: func(d decodeWeight, p decodeConfig) error {
diff --git a/hugolib/hugo_sites.go b/hugolib/hugo_sites.go
index 671785f44..cf939ba92 100644
--- a/hugolib/hugo_sites.go
+++ b/hugolib/hugo_sites.go
@@ -410,6 +410,10 @@ type BuildCfg struct {
 
 // shouldRender returns whether this output format should be rendered or not.
 func (cfg *BuildCfg) shouldRender(p *pageState) bool {
+	if p.skipRender() {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	if !p.renderOnce {
 		return true
 	}
diff --git a/hugolib/hugo_sites_build.go b/hugolib/hugo_sites_build.go
index 7b8a6ef23..c33f06bd5 100644
--- a/hugolib/hugo_sites_build.go
+++ b/hugolib/hugo_sites_build.go
@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bep/logg"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/cache/dynacache"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/deps"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugofs"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugofs/files"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugofs/glob"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugolib/segments"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/identity"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/output"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/publisher"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/source"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/tpl"
 
-	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugofs"
-
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/herrors"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/loggers"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/para"
@@ -318,9 +318,20 @@ func (h *HugoSites) render(l logg.LevelLogger, config *BuildCfg) error {
 
 	i := 0
 	for _, s := range h.Sites {
+		segmentFilter := s.conf.C.SegmentFilter
+		if segmentFilter.ShouldExcludeCoarse(segments.SegmentMatcherFields{Lang: s.language.Lang}) {
+			l.Logf("skip language %q not matching segments set in --renderSegments", s.language.Lang)
+			continue
+		}
+
 		siteRenderContext.languageIdx = s.languagei
 		h.currentSite = s
 		for siteOutIdx, renderFormat := range s.renderFormats {
+			if segmentFilter.ShouldExcludeCoarse(segments.SegmentMatcherFields{Output: renderFormat.Name, Lang: s.language.Lang}) {
+				l.Logf("skip output format %q for language %q not matching segments set in --renderSegments", renderFormat.Name, s.language.Lang)
+				continue
+			}
+
 			siteRenderContext.outIdx = siteOutIdx
 			siteRenderContext.sitesOutIdx = i
 			i++
diff --git a/hugolib/page.go b/hugolib/page.go
index 0622a15fe..5d083fd5b 100644
--- a/hugolib/page.go
+++ b/hugolib/page.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugofs"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugolib/doctree"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugolib/segments"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/identity"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/media"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/output"
@@ -152,6 +153,19 @@ func (p *pageState) reusePageOutputContent() bool {
 	return p.pageOutputTemplateVariationsState.Load() == 1
 }
 
+func (p *pageState) skipRender() bool {
+	b := p.s.conf.C.SegmentFilter.ShouldExcludeFine(
+		segments.SegmentMatcherFields{
+			Path:   p.Path(),
+			Kind:   p.Kind(),
+			Lang:   p.Lang(),
+			Output: p.pageOutput.f.Name,
+		},
+	)
+
+	return b
+}
+
 func (po *pageState) isRenderedAny() bool {
 	for _, o := range po.pageOutputs {
 		if o.isRendered() {
diff --git a/hugolib/segments/segments.go b/hugolib/segments/segments.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f7c18121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hugolib/segments/segments.go
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package segments
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/maps"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/predicate"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config"
+	hglob "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugofs/glob"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
+)
+
+// Segments is a collection of named segments.
+type Segments struct {
+	s map[string]excludeInclude
+}
+
+type excludeInclude struct {
+	exclude predicate.P[SegmentMatcherFields]
+	include predicate.P[SegmentMatcherFields]
+}
+
+// ShouldExcludeCoarse returns whether the given fields should be excluded.
+// This is used for the coarser grained checks, e.g. language and output format.
+// Note that ShouldExcludeCoarse(fields) == ShouldExcludeFine(fields) may
+// not always be true, but ShouldExcludeCoarse(fields) == true == ShouldExcludeFine(fields)
+// will always be truthful.
+func (e excludeInclude) ShouldExcludeCoarse(fields SegmentMatcherFields) bool {
+	return e.exclude != nil && e.exclude(fields)
+}
+
+// ShouldExcludeFine returns whether the given fields should be excluded.
+// This is used for the finer grained checks, e.g. on invididual pages.
+func (e excludeInclude) ShouldExcludeFine(fields SegmentMatcherFields) bool {
+	if e.exclude != nil && e.exclude(fields) {
+		return true
+	}
+	return e.include != nil && !e.include(fields)
+}
+
+type SegmentFilter interface {
+	// ShouldExcludeCoarse returns whether the given fields should be excluded on a coarse level.
+	ShouldExcludeCoarse(SegmentMatcherFields) bool
+
+	// ShouldExcludeFine returns whether the given fields should be excluded on a fine level.
+	ShouldExcludeFine(SegmentMatcherFields) bool
+}
+
+type segmentFilter struct {
+	coarse predicate.P[SegmentMatcherFields]
+	fine   predicate.P[SegmentMatcherFields]
+}
+
+func (f segmentFilter) ShouldExcludeCoarse(field SegmentMatcherFields) bool {
+	return f.coarse(field)
+}
+
+func (f segmentFilter) ShouldExcludeFine(fields SegmentMatcherFields) bool {
+	return f.fine(fields)
+}
+
+var (
+	matchAll     = func(SegmentMatcherFields) bool { return true }
+	matchNothing = func(SegmentMatcherFields) bool { return false }
+)
+
+// Get returns a SegmentFilter for the given segments.
+func (sms Segments) Get(onNotFound func(s string), ss ...string) SegmentFilter {
+	if ss == nil {
+		return segmentFilter{coarse: matchNothing, fine: matchNothing}
+	}
+	var sf segmentFilter
+	for _, s := range ss {
+		if seg, ok := sms.s[s]; ok {
+			if sf.coarse == nil {
+				sf.coarse = seg.ShouldExcludeCoarse
+			} else {
+				sf.coarse = sf.coarse.Or(seg.ShouldExcludeCoarse)
+			}
+			if sf.fine == nil {
+				sf.fine = seg.ShouldExcludeFine
+			} else {
+				sf.fine = sf.fine.Or(seg.ShouldExcludeFine)
+			}
+		} else if onNotFound != nil {
+			onNotFound(s)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if sf.coarse == nil {
+		sf.coarse = matchAll
+	}
+	if sf.fine == nil {
+		sf.fine = matchAll
+	}
+
+	return sf
+}
+
+type SegmentConfig struct {
+	Excludes []SegmentMatcherFields
+	Includes []SegmentMatcherFields
+}
+
+// SegmentMatcherFields is a matcher for a segment include or exclude.
+// All of these are Glob patterns.
+type SegmentMatcherFields struct {
+	Kind   string
+	Path   string
+	Lang   string
+	Output string
+}
+
+func getGlob(s string) (glob.Glob, error) {
+	if s == "" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	g, err := hglob.GetGlob(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to compile Glob %q: %w", s, err)
+	}
+	return g, nil
+}
+
+func compileSegments(f []SegmentMatcherFields) (predicate.P[SegmentMatcherFields], error) {
+	if f == nil {
+		return func(SegmentMatcherFields) bool { return false }, nil
+	}
+	var (
+		result  predicate.P[SegmentMatcherFields]
+		section predicate.P[SegmentMatcherFields]
+	)
+
+	addToSection := func(matcherFields SegmentMatcherFields, f func(fields SegmentMatcherFields) string) error {
+		s1 := f(matcherFields)
+		g, err := getGlob(s1)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		matcher := func(fields SegmentMatcherFields) bool {
+			s2 := f(fields)
+			if s2 == "" {
+				return false
+			}
+			return g.Match(s2)
+		}
+		if section == nil {
+			section = matcher
+		} else {
+			section = section.And(matcher)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	for _, fields := range f {
+		if fields.Kind != "" {
+			if err := addToSection(fields, func(fields SegmentMatcherFields) string { return fields.Kind }); err != nil {
+				return result, err
+			}
+		}
+		if fields.Path != "" {
+			if err := addToSection(fields, func(fields SegmentMatcherFields) string { return fields.Path }); err != nil {
+				return result, err
+			}
+		}
+		if fields.Lang != "" {
+			if err := addToSection(fields, func(fields SegmentMatcherFields) string { return fields.Lang }); err != nil {
+				return result, err
+			}
+		}
+		if fields.Output != "" {
+			if err := addToSection(fields, func(fields SegmentMatcherFields) string { return fields.Output }); err != nil {
+				return result, err
+			}
+		}
+
+		if result == nil {
+			result = section
+		} else {
+			result = result.Or(section)
+		}
+		section = nil
+
+	}
+
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+func DecodeSegments(in map[string]any) (*config.ConfigNamespace[map[string]SegmentConfig, Segments], error) {
+	buildConfig := func(in any) (Segments, any, error) {
+		sms := Segments{
+			s: map[string]excludeInclude{},
+		}
+		m, err := maps.ToStringMapE(in)
+		if err != nil {
+			return sms, nil, err
+		}
+		if m == nil {
+			m = map[string]any{}
+		}
+		m = maps.CleanConfigStringMap(m)
+
+		var scfgm map[string]SegmentConfig
+		if err := mapstructure.Decode(m, &scfgm); err != nil {
+			return sms, nil, err
+		}
+
+		for k, v := range scfgm {
+			var (
+				include predicate.P[SegmentMatcherFields]
+				exclude predicate.P[SegmentMatcherFields]
+				err     error
+			)
+			if v.Excludes != nil {
+				exclude, err = compileSegments(v.Excludes)
+				if err != nil {
+					return sms, nil, err
+				}
+			}
+			if v.Includes != nil {
+				include, err = compileSegments(v.Includes)
+				if err != nil {
+					return sms, nil, err
+				}
+			}
+
+			ei := excludeInclude{
+				exclude: exclude,
+				include: include,
+			}
+			sms.s[k] = ei
+
+		}
+
+		return sms, nil, nil
+	}
+
+	ns, err := config.DecodeNamespace[map[string]SegmentConfig](in, buildConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode segments: %w", err)
+	}
+	return ns, nil
+}
diff --git a/hugolib/segments/segments_integration_test.go b/hugolib/segments/segments_integration_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..465a7abe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hugolib/segments/segments_integration_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Hugo Authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package segments_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	qt "github.com/frankban/quicktest"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugolib"
+)
+
+func TestSegments(t *testing.T) {
+	files := `
+-- hugo.toml --
+baseURL = "https://example.org/"
+renderSegments = ["docs"]
+[languages]
+[languages.en]
+weight = 1
+[languages.no]
+weight = 2
+[languages.nb]
+weight = 3
+[segments]
+[segments.docs]
+[[segments.docs.includes]]
+kind = "{home,taxonomy,term}"
+[[segments.docs.includes]]
+path = "{/docs,/docs/**}"
+[[segments.docs.excludes]]
+path = "/blog/**"
+[[segments.docs.excludes]]
+lang = "n*"
+output = "rss"
+[[segments.docs.excludes]]
+output = "json"
+-- layouts/_default/single.html --
+Single: {{ .Title }}|{{ .RelPermalink }}|
+-- layouts/_default/list.html --
+List: {{ .Title }}|{{ .RelPermalink }}|
+-- content/docs/_index.md --
+-- content/docs/section1/_index.md --
+-- content/docs/section1/page1.md --
+---
+title: "Docs Page 1"
+tags: ["tag1", "tag2"]
+---
+-- content/blog/_index.md --
+-- content/blog/section1/page1.md --
+---
+title: "Blog Page 1"
+tags: ["tag1", "tag2"]
+---
+`
+
+	b := hugolib.Test(t, files)
+	b.Assert(b.H.Configs.Base.RootConfig.RenderSegments, qt.DeepEquals, []string{"docs"})
+
+	b.AssertFileContent("public/docs/section1/page1/index.html", "Docs Page 1")
+	b.AssertFileExists("public/blog/section1/page1/index.html", false)
+	b.AssertFileExists("public/index.html", true)
+	b.AssertFileExists("public/index.xml", true)
+	b.AssertFileExists("public/no/index.html", true)
+	b.AssertFileExists("public/no/index.xml", false)
+}
diff --git a/hugolib/segments/segments_test.go b/hugolib/segments/segments_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a2dfb97b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hugolib/segments/segments_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+package segments
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	qt "github.com/frankban/quicktest"
+)
+
+func TestCompileSegments(t *testing.T) {
+	c := qt.New(t)
+
+	c.Run("excludes", func(c *qt.C) {
+		fields := []SegmentMatcherFields{
+			{
+				Lang:   "n*",
+				Output: "rss",
+			},
+		}
+
+		match, err := compileSegments(fields)
+		c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+
+		check := func() {
+			c.Assert(match, qt.IsNotNil)
+			c.Assert(match(SegmentMatcherFields{Lang: "no"}), qt.Equals, false)
+			c.Assert(match(SegmentMatcherFields{Lang: "no", Kind: "page"}), qt.Equals, false)
+			c.Assert(match(SegmentMatcherFields{Lang: "no", Output: "rss"}), qt.Equals, true)
+			c.Assert(match(SegmentMatcherFields{Lang: "no", Output: "html"}), qt.Equals, false)
+			c.Assert(match(SegmentMatcherFields{Kind: "page"}), qt.Equals, false)
+			c.Assert(match(SegmentMatcherFields{Lang: "no", Output: "rss", Kind: "page"}), qt.Equals, true)
+		}
+
+		check()
+
+		fields = []SegmentMatcherFields{
+			{
+				Path: "/blog/**",
+			},
+			{
+				Lang:   "n*",
+				Output: "rss",
+			},
+		}
+
+		match, err = compileSegments(fields)
+		c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+		check()
+		c.Assert(match(SegmentMatcherFields{Path: "/blog/foo"}), qt.Equals, true)
+	})
+
+	c.Run("includes", func(c *qt.C) {
+		fields := []SegmentMatcherFields{
+			{
+				Path: "/docs/**",
+			},
+			{
+				Lang:   "no",
+				Output: "rss",
+			},
+		}
+
+		match, err := compileSegments(fields)
+		c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+		c.Assert(match, qt.IsNotNil)
+		c.Assert(match(SegmentMatcherFields{Lang: "no"}), qt.Equals, false)
+		c.Assert(match(SegmentMatcherFields{Kind: "page"}), qt.Equals, false)
+		c.Assert(match(SegmentMatcherFields{Kind: "page", Path: "/blog/foo"}), qt.Equals, false)
+		c.Assert(match(SegmentMatcherFields{Lang: "en"}), qt.Equals, false)
+		c.Assert(match(SegmentMatcherFields{Lang: "no", Output: "rss"}), qt.Equals, true)
+		c.Assert(match(SegmentMatcherFields{Lang: "no", Output: "html"}), qt.Equals, false)
+		c.Assert(match(SegmentMatcherFields{Kind: "page", Path: "/docs/foo"}), qt.Equals, true)
+	})
+
+	c.Run("includes variant1", func(c *qt.C) {
+		c.Skip()
+
+		fields := []SegmentMatcherFields{
+			{
+				Kind: "home",
+			},
+			{
+				Path: "{/docs,/docs/**}",
+			},
+		}
+
+		match, err := compileSegments(fields)
+		c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+		c.Assert(match, qt.IsNotNil)
+		c.Assert(match(SegmentMatcherFields{Path: "/blog/foo"}), qt.Equals, false)
+		c.Assert(match(SegmentMatcherFields{Kind: "page", Path: "/docs/foo"}), qt.Equals, true)
+		c.Assert(match(SegmentMatcherFields{Kind: "home", Path: "/"}), qt.Equals, true)
+	})
+}
+
+func BenchmarkSegmentsMatch(b *testing.B) {
+	fields := []SegmentMatcherFields{
+		{
+			Path: "/docs/**",
+		},
+		{
+			Lang:   "no",
+			Output: "rss",
+		},
+	}
+
+	match, err := compileSegments(fields)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		match(SegmentMatcherFields{Lang: "no", Output: "rss"})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hugolib/site_render.go b/hugolib/site_render.go
index 86be897fa..1cd509fea 100644
--- a/hugolib/site_render.go
+++ b/hugolib/site_render.go
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func (s *Site) renderAliases() error {
 			p := n.(*pageState)
 
 			// We cannot alias a page that's not rendered.
-			if p.m.noLink() {
+			if p.m.noLink() || p.skipRender() {
 				return false, nil
 			}