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Spinge Bib Sqorpnts posted this in #help-forum
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Spinge Bib SqorpntsOP
Is it possible to configure a directory, outside the project root, to act as the public/ directory? I have a monorepo and I want multiple projects to share the same public/ dir
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i don't think it is possible. in cases like this i just use symlinks: make a public folder in the nextjs project that is a symlink to the actual shared public folder. then nextjs should still pick it up but you only have to maintain one public folder.
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Spinge Bib SqorpntsOP
Or rather an even better solution, allow each project to have their own public/ directory, along with shared assets
@Spinge Bib Sqorpnts Is it possible to configure a directory, outside the project root, to act as the `public/` directory? I have a monorepo and I want multiple projects to share the same `public/` dir
joulev
i don't think it is possible. in cases like this i just use symlinks: make a public folder in the nextjs project that is a symlink to the actual shared public folder. then nextjs should still pick it up but you only have to maintain one public folder.
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Thanks for the help :)
joulev
yeah i think the name public is hardcoded in the nextjs source code already, there isn't much you can do except symlinks. the public folder is not configurable.