The 'base' layout doesn't render

[DevOpsJeremy]

It looks like the "default" layout was renamed to "base" about 6 months ago. The problem is that when using the built-in layouts the "base" layout isn't applied unless base.html is added to the _layouts directory. However, the "default" layout still works.

It seems that the built-in layouts aren't updated to reflect the rename from default.html to base.html.

For example:

---
layout: base
---

---
layout: default
---

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