Front Matter Variables: "Draft" type not recognized?

[rocketspops]

In config.yml I have:

defaults:
  -
    scope:
      path: ""
    values:
      layout: "default"
  -
    scope:
      path: ""
      type: "draft"
    values:
      tags: "draft"
  -
    scope:
      path: ""
      type: "post"
    values:
      type: "post"

For some reason, I can't get Jekyll to respect the second block. I'm trying to tag all drafts with the tag "draft," but I'm not having much luck. The first and third blocks are working.

Any ideas?

[pathawks]

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this is supported.

If Jekyll is run with --drafts, than drafts are processed the same way as posts (so type: post); if not run with --drafts then drafts are not processed at all.

[rocketspops]

Argh, that's too bad. The documentation is confusing:

Now, this will only set the layout for files where the type is post. The different types that are available to you are page, post, draft or any collection in your site. While type is optional, you must specify a value for path when creating a scope/values pair.

[pathawks]

Am I wrong? I’d love to be wrong.
Otherwise, the docs need to change.

[simba4everyoung]

I had the same problem in Jekyll 3.0.0.
I want to set default author for drafts. In my _config.yml I have:

defaults:
    -
        scope:
            path: "" 
            type: "drafts" 
        values:
            author: Simba Draft
            layout: "post"

    -
        scope:
            path: "" 
            type: "posts" 
        values:
            layout: "post"

I tried this, also tried setting posts before drafts. I can't get drafts' author set. All the posts are without author now.
Is there anything wrong? Or how should I do it?

[parkr]

@simba4everyoung Please open a new issue for this. Drafts are now a part of the posts collection so it's not possible to specify just drafts in 3.0.0. We will want to fix so please open a new issue (and reference this one).