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How do I add an arbitrary file to /public with Gatsby?

I would like to add a text file to /src in a way that it always ends up unchanged in the root of the build directory (/public).

In my case specifically I need to add a _redirects file for Netlify to redirect a subdomain to a custom domain.

Running Gatsby 1.0 alpha.

Solution

  • Didn't need to put it in /src. I just added it directly to /public.

    Even though it's in .gitignore, I used git add -f /public/_redirects, committed it, and it worked. It doesn't get deleted or overwritten during build.

    Another way to do this (which I haven't tested) is to is to copy the file to its destination in /public as part of a post-build script in gatsby-node.js.