# DS2 Core




## About the content variable

The content variable in \_config.pug defines your array of patterns. It is made up of the following attributes: 
- name - the hypenated name of the pattern
- status - this should be one of the statuses from your status array
- display - (optional) if present this will be displayed, as is, instead of the name
- template - (optional) [ pug (default) | md ] the file type of a pattern's index file
- files - (optional) an array of patterns under the parent. 

By changing and resaving the \_config.pug file, (our change is often adding or removing a random space) all of the pug patterns will recompile. Note that md templates will not recompile automatically when config is saved and updated as markdown files don't have an include. 

