Unable to use {{#author}} in author-:slug.hbs

[SkippyTheLost]

Issue Summary

I'm not able to use {{#author}} in an author-:slug.hbs file, due to that helper being deprecated.

The documentation here specifies that the {{#author}} helper can be used in author.hbs and author-:slug.hbs files.

If I activate the theme in Ghost, and then add the author-:slug.hbs file, bypassing the theme validator, the {{#author}} helper works as expected.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Fork a theme (I'm using Casper)
2. Create an author-:slug.hbs file. (author-april.hbs for example).
3. Upload to Ghost and attempt to activate, or use a GitHub action to process with Theme Validator. It fails due to {{#author}} being deprecated.

Ghost Version

N/A

Node.js Version

N/A

How did you install Ghost?

Docker

Database type

MySQL 8

Browser & OS version

No response

Relevant log / error output

{
  "name": "ThemeValidationError",
  "context": null,
  "type": "ThemeValidationError",
  "details": {
    "checkedVersion": "5.x",
    "name": "casper",
    "path": "/tmp/5b88c8f1-d260-4fbd-90c8-f0fff3a993fd",
    "version": "5.4.1",
    "errors": [
      {
        "fatal": true,
        "level": "error",
        "rule": "The <code>{{#author}}</code> block helper should be replaced with <code>{{#primary_author}}</code> or <code>{{#foreach authors}}...{{/foreach}}</code>",
        "details": "The usage of <code>{{#author}}</code> block helper outside of <code>author.hbs</code> is no longer supported andshould be replaced with <code>{{#primary_author}}</code> or <code>{{#foreach authors}}...{{/foreach}}</code>.<br>Ghost allows multiple authors to be assigned to a post, so all helpers have been reworked to account for this.<br>Find more information about the <code>{{authors}}</code> helper <a href=\"https://ghost.org/docs/themes/helpers/authors/\" target=_blank>here</a>",
        "regex": {},
        "notValidIn": "author.hbs",
        "helper": "{{#author}}",
        "failures": [
          {
            "ref": "author-april.hbs",
            "message": "Please remove or replace {{#author}} from this template"
          }
        ],
        "code": "GS001-DEPR-AUTHBL"
      }
    ]
  },
  "property": null,
  "help": null,
  "code": null,
  "id": "e640bd60-63e0-11ed-8f1c-470fc967c6af",
  "ghostErrorCode": null
}

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[ErisDS]

Hey there, thank you so much for the detailed bug report.

That does look like something that shouldn't happen! A PR to fix this issue would be very welcome, although it's a fairly tricky thing to fix 🙂

FYI I've moved this over to the gscan repo, as it's the gscan that's detecting the error in the custom author template when it shouldn't.

[prathap-puthran]

Anyone found a workaround for this issue yet? Thanks! 😊