From f25244b0164650c401b7bb70ab84ca99d9fa5a3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: juancwu <git@juancwu.dev>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:34:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: serve static files from dir on dev

---
 internal/routes/routes.go      | 10 ++++++++--
 internal/routes/routes_test.go |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/routes/routes.go b/internal/routes/routes.go
index 3105eee..f197256 100644
--- a/internal/routes/routes.go
+++ b/internal/routes/routes.go
@@ -33,9 +33,15 @@ func SetupRoutes(a *app.App) http.Handler {
 	)
 
 	// Static assets (bypass router groups — registered directly on mux)
-	sub, _ := fs.Sub(assets.AssetsFS, ".")
+	var assetsFS http.FileSystem
+	if a.Cfg.IsProduction() {
+		sub, _ := fs.Sub(assets.AssetsFS, ".")
+		assetsFS = http.FS(sub)
+	} else {
+		assetsFS = http.Dir("./assets")
+	}
 	r.Mux().Handle("GET /assets/",
-		middleware.CacheStatic(http.StripPrefix("/assets/", http.FileServer(http.FS(sub)))),
+		middleware.CacheStatic(http.StripPrefix("/assets/", http.FileServer(assetsFS))),
 	)
 
 	// Public pages
diff --git a/internal/routes/routes_test.go b/internal/routes/routes_test.go
index 9be105e..e64e0e9 100644
--- a/internal/routes/routes_test.go
+++ b/internal/routes/routes_test.go
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ func TestSetupRoutes_NotFound(t *testing.T) {
 func TestSetupRoutes_StaticAssets(t *testing.T) {
 	testutil.ForEachDB(t, func(t *testing.T, dbi testutil.DBInfo) {
 		a := newTestApp(dbi)
+		// Force the embedded-FS branch so the test is independent of CWD;
+		// in dev we serve from ./assets on disk (see SetupRoutes).
+		a.Cfg.AppEnv = "production"
 		handler := SetupRoutes(a)
 
 		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/assets/css/output.css", nil)