File Handling

SSI file handling options

Special File Handling

These options handle files that need special treatment: dotfiles, clean URLs, selective copying, and preserving files from previous deployments. Built at 2026-06-08T20:58:34.

⚙️ Add-Dot

Option: options = ["add-dot"]

Prepend . to filenames: htaccess.htaccess

Use case: Apache/Nginx config, GitHub Pages settings.

🔗 Strip-Extension

Option: options = ["strip-extension"]

Remove file extensions: about.htmlabout

Use case: Clean URLs without file extensions.

👁️ Include-Dotfiles

Option: options = ["include-dotfiles"]

Include hidden files like .gitignore, .htaccess.

Use case: Deploy server configuration files.

📑 Copylist

Processing: processing = "copylist"

Deploy only the files listed in a text file. All other source files stay in the source tree.

Use case: Precise control over which files reach deployment.

🔒 Preserve

Processing: processing = "preserve"

Copy specified files from the previous deployment to the new deployment.

Use case: Preserve dynamic content, user uploads, generated files.