Gatsby: Copy static folder for each theme develop-time

[maecapozzi]

Issue moved from https://github.com/ChristopherBiscardi/gatsby-theme-examples/ at the request of @ChristopherBiscardi.

The static folder in each theme should be copied into the final static dir. Right not only the user's is.

[pieh]

I think some clarification is needed here. On builds it seems that static directories are being copied already ( https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/blob/d4b60f2b900a59b70dd2d97cf14125c77c1de4df/packages/gatsby/src/utils/get-static-dir.js#L6-L30 ). For development it's not happening, so syncStaticDir is function that need to be updated to handle themes static directories

[ChristopherBiscardi]

this PR handled themes directories for builds. As you've said, we need to update syncStaticDir for development.

[gillkyle]

So it sounds like these lines basically just need to appear again inside of the syncStaticDir folder as well to be keeping files in the public directory up to date with what's happening during gatsby develop? Is that a correct understanding?

https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/blob/d4b60f2b900a59b70dd2d97cf14125c77c1de4df/packages/gatsby/src/utils/get-static-dir.js#L13-L25

[ChristopherBiscardi]

@gillkyle basically, yes. We also need to make sure the order of copying over is preserved though. So if a file changes and a later package in the theme order has a file named the same in the same location, the last file wins.

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[ehannes]

Any news on this?

[sarahbethfederman]

I'm experiencing this issue with trying to provide a webfont in my theme's static folder