Can the _quarto.yml file be defaulted to output notebooks with a render?

[jlperla]

Description

I have a _quarto-solutions.yml file something like this:

project:
  output-dir: .solutions_output
  render:
    - assessments/problem_set_1.qmd
    - assessments/problem_set_2.qmd
  post-render:
    - python utilities/rename_solution_files.py

I only really want the jupyter notebooks. Calling with quarto render --profile solutions --to ipynb works fine, but is there any way to pass in the format: metadata to make that the default? I tried to put a

I want to run this outputing the ipynb only by default, if that is possible? I tried putting format: ipynb at the bottom and the yml validates but it generates HTML files. Is there a better type as well to put for the project when I just want a collection of jupyter notebooks?

[cscheid]

format: ipynb should have worked. I suspect what's happening is that you have some other project settings that want HTML, and so we're accidentally seeing two different formats, and then deciding to render both. (It's the same discussion as #7096. Unfortunately, if that is your situation, I don't know of a good fix right now)

[jlperla]

That did it. When I removed the format in the qmd files themselves it worked perfectly.