feat: add option to change public directory (#1921)

Co-authored-by: Birk Skyum <74932975+birkskyum@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: huseeiin

.changeset/soft-beans-take.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@solidjs/start": minor
+---
+
+adds the option to change the public directory to something other than the default "public"

packages/start/config/index.d.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type ViteCustomizableConfig = CustomizableConfig & {
 };
 
 type SolidStartInlineConfig = {
+  publicDir?: string;
   ssr?: boolean;
   solid?: Options;
   extensions?: string[];

packages/start/config/index.js

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export function defineConfig(baseConfig = {}) {
   let { vite = {}, ...start } = baseConfig;
   const extensions = [...DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS, ...(start.extensions || [])];
   start = defu(start, {
+    publicDir: "./public",
     appRoot: "./src",
     routeDir: "./routes",
     ssr: true,
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ export function defineConfig(baseConfig = {}) {
         name: "public",
         type: "static",
         base: "/",
-        dir: "./public"
+        dir: start.publicDir
       },
       {
         name: "ssr",