Make default StaticRootPath compile time settable (#12371) (#12652)

Make it possible to compile the default location of StaticRootPath independent from AppWorkPath Co-authored-by: Andrew Thornton <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Andrew Thornton <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: techknowlogick <[email protected]>
go-gitea · Sep 2, 2020 · 69e4b69 · 69e4b69
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diff --git a/docs/content/doc/installation/from-source.en-us.md b/docs/content/doc/installation/from-source.en-us.md
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Gitea will search for a number of things from the `CustomPath`. By default this
 the `custom/` directory in the current working directory when running Gitea. It will also
 look for its configuration file `CustomConf` in `$CustomPath/conf/app.ini`, and will use the
 current working directory as the relative base path `AppWorkPath` for a number configurable
-values.
+values. Finally the static files will be served from `StaticRootPath` which defaults to the `AppWorkPath`.
 
 These values, although useful when developing, may conflict with downstream users preferences.
 
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ using the `LDFLAGS` environment variable for `make`. The appropriate settings ar
 * To set the `CustomPath` use `LDFLAGS="-X \"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.CustomPath=custom-path\""`
 * For `CustomConf` you should use `-X \"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.CustomConf=conf.ini\"`
 * For `AppWorkPath` you should use `-X \"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.AppWorkPath=working-path\"`
+* For `StaticRootPath` you should use `-X \"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.StaticRootPath=static-root-path\"`
 
 Add as many of the strings with their preceding `-X` to the `LDFLAGS` variable and run `make build`
 with the appropriate `TAGS` as above.

diff --git a/modules/setting/setting.go b/modules/setting/setting.go
@@ -666,7 +666,10 @@ func NewContext() {
 	PortToRedirect = sec.Key("PORT_TO_REDIRECT").MustString("80")
 	OfflineMode = sec.Key("OFFLINE_MODE").MustBool()
 	DisableRouterLog = sec.Key("DISABLE_ROUTER_LOG").MustBool()
-	StaticRootPath = sec.Key("STATIC_ROOT_PATH").MustString(AppWorkPath)
+	if len(StaticRootPath) == 0 {
+		StaticRootPath = AppWorkPath
+	}
+	StaticRootPath = sec.Key("STATIC_ROOT_PATH").MustString(StaticRootPath)
 	StaticCacheTime = sec.Key("STATIC_CACHE_TIME").MustDuration(6 * time.Hour)
 	AppDataPath = sec.Key("APP_DATA_PATH").MustString(path.Join(AppWorkPath, "data"))
 	EnableGzip = sec.Key("ENABLE_GZIP").MustBool()