templates.Exists

A template file is any file within the layouts directory of either the project or any of its theme components.

Use the templates.Exists function with dynamic template paths:

{{ $partialPath := printf "headers/%s.html" .Type }}
{{ if templates.Exists ( printf "partials/%s" $partialPath ) }}
  {{ partial $partialPath . }}
{{ else }}
  {{ partial "headers/default.html" . }}
{{ end }}

In the example above, if a "headers" partial does not exist for the given content type, Hugo falls back to a default template.