public folder is always empty

[iBasit]

I have latest angular-cil@webpack release.

each time I ng build with dev or prod mode, the public folder is always empty and dist folder is created.

everything works fine in dist folder, but then what is the purpose of public folder?

also If I wanted to change the location of dist folder to some other folder, how can I do that?

[deebloo]

@iBasit the public folder is to put static assets in. (Images, css, etc). It is then copied over to the dist folder. In master currently this has been deprecated and instead there is an "assets" directory under the src dir

[filipesilva]

@deebloo explained it very well. #1633 also allows you to define the outDir.

[iBasit]

outDir does not really work, I have tried changing it, but result is always same. So I just created gulp script to move to another place, once its in dist.

[filipesilva]

That PR is not part of a release yet, mind you. On the next release it should work.

[mafo5]

@deebloo in webpack.8 the copy of assets like an img folder from the public folder is not working with ng build --prod. How do I get my static assets into my dist folder?

Even the src/assets directory isn't working that way

[deebloo]

@mafo5 the public folder has been changed to be under src/assets. you can configure that in the angular-cli.json at apps[0].assets

[mafo5]

@deebloo awesome answer -.-
First of all I wrote that I tried the src/assets folder without any success.
Second I also tried public and extend the apps[0].assets configuration entry by my img entry. Nothing works so far.
Third sorry for my mean answer by I really getting frustrated by the lack of documentation but just deactivating code (I just beleave you) and remove readme entries without any replacement.

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