External public dir

[paganaye]

I got a folder with many pictures.
I'd like to allow the app to access these image when I run "vite" in dev mode.
I manage to make this work by adding this line in my config.
publicDir: '../..',
It is probably not the right way of doing it because then vite build is trying to put all my pictures in a bundle.
Is there a way to make a proxy to a folder ?
server: { proxy: { '/pictures': { target: 'd:\pictures\' } } }
I have been trying to find this in the documentation and the sample but without success so far.

[paganaye]

if someone wants a reply to this question I am replying to my own question.
With this config file, the dev server serves the parent folder and all its subfolders.
It doesn't bother vite build so everything is as I wanted.
vite.config.js

import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
import sirv from 'sirv';

const ServerFilesPlugin = {
    name: 'serve-server-files',
    configureServer(server) {
        const serverStatic = sirv('..', {})
        server.middlewares.use(serverStatic);
    }
}

export default defineConfig({
    root: './src',
    plugins: [
        ServerFilesPlugin
    ],
    server: {
        proxy: {
            '/api/': {
                target: 'http://localhost:3005'
            }
        }
    },
    logLevel: 'info'
});

[Jimgitsit]

Awesome!