Question:
I'm new to the NodeJs and Git world, I'm trying to develop a system where users upload images.
Every time I deploy the app, the users' images are deleted from the public/uploads/ folder
How should I proceed so that people's files are not deleted in this case? I tried using .gitignore in the uploads folder, but to no avail.
I thought about hosting the images on a server separate from the server where the app is, but only if there is no other way.
I need a way to keep the public/uploads/ folder unchanged when deploying.
Note: The site is in NodeJs. Deploy is done using Git on the Openshift server.
Answer:
The upload folder must be removed from the repository and inserted into .gitignore (git ignore doesn't work if the file is already in the repository)
public/uploads/*
After removing you create an empty file (I usually call it empty). This file must be forcibly inserted into the repository.
git add -f public/uploads/empty
With that only this file in the folder will be tracked. git will create the folder but it won't touch the files that are on the server.