- Rename `public` -> `client` so it doesn't get copied automagically as-is (without hashes which we want for cache busting), https://vitejs.dev/guide/assets.html#the-public-directory
- We still build the version files to `public/` so their copied as-is and Vite handles it for us (so we can use `emptyOutDir`)
- Use a multiple entrypoint `.js` Vite build so things can be more intelligently bundled and take less time
- We aren't using library mode because it doesn't minify or bundle assets
- Using hash asset tags for cache busting. Hash of the file included in the file name
- We lookup these hashed assets from `manifest.json` that Vite builds (https://vitejs.dev/guide/backend-integration.html) to serve and preload
- In terms of optimized bundles, I know the current output isn't great now but will have to opt to fix that up separately in the future. Tracked by https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-public-archive/issues/176
This helps when someone just pastes a room alias on the end of the domain,
- `/#room-alias:server` -> `/r/room-alias:server`
- `/r/#room-alias:server/date/2022/10/27` -> `/r/room-alias:server/date/2022/10/27`
Since these redirects happen on the client, we can't write any e2e tests. Those e2e tests do everything but run client-side JavaScript.
Follow-up to https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-public-archive/pull/107
Part of https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-public-archive/issues/25
Eric Eastwood