CRA's PUBLIC_URL support (#529)

* Bug fix: Copy static content to the root of the export dir.
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* Add support to PUBLIC_URL env variable.

Author: arunoda

dist/server/build.js

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ if (_commander2.default.staticDir) {
       process.exit(-1);
     }
     logger.log('=> Copying static files from: ' + dir);
-    _shelljs2.default.cp('-r', dir + '/', outputDir);
+    _shelljs2.default.cp('-r', dir + '/*', outputDir);
   });
 }
 

dist/server/config/utils.js

@@ -47,7 +47,12 @@ function loadEnv() {
 
   var defaultNodeEnv = options.production ? 'production' : 'development';
   var env = {
-    'process.env.NODE_ENV': (0, _stringify2.default)(process.env.NODE_ENV || defaultNodeEnv)
+    'process.env.NODE_ENV': (0, _stringify2.default)(process.env.NODE_ENV || defaultNodeEnv),
+    // This is to support CRA's public folder feature.
+    // In production we set this to dot(.) to allow the browser to access these assests
+    // even when deployed inside a subpath. (like in GitHub pages)
+    // In development this is just empty as we always serves from the root.
+    'process.env.PUBLIC_URL': (0, _stringify2.default)(options.production ? '.' : '')
   };
 
   (0, _keys2.default)(process.env).filter(function (name) {

src/server/build.js

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if (program.staticDir) {
       process.exit(-1);
     }
     logger.log(`=> Copying static files from: ${dir}`);
-    shelljs.cp('-r', `${dir}/`, outputDir);
+    shelljs.cp('-r', `${dir}/*`, outputDir);
   });
 }
 

src/server/config/utils.js

@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ export function loadEnv(options = {}) {
   const defaultNodeEnv = options.production ? 'production' : 'development';
   const env = {
     'process.env.NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify(process.env.NODE_ENV || defaultNodeEnv),
+    // This is to support CRA's public folder feature.
+    // In production we set this to dot(.) to allow the browser to access these assests
+    // even when deployed inside a subpath. (like in GitHub pages)
+    // In development this is just empty as we always serves from the root.
+    'process.env.PUBLIC_URL': JSON.stringify(options.production ? '.' : ''),
   };
 
   Object.keys(process.env)