Merge branch 'fix/gh-975'

Changes

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 {{$NEXT}}
 
+    [ BUG FIXES ]
+    * GH #975: Fix "public_dir" configuration to work, just like
+      DANCER_PUBLIC. (Sawyer X)
+
     [ ENHANCEMENTS ]
     * You can now call '$self->find_plugin(...)' within a plugin
       in order to find a plugin, in order to use its DSL in your

lib/Dancer2/Core/App.pm

@@ -676,7 +676,6 @@ sub _build_default_config {
         environment    => $self->environment,
         appdir         => $self->location,
         public_dir     => $public,
-        static_handler => ( -d $public ),
         template       => 'Tiny',
         route_handlers => [
             [
@@ -1099,6 +1098,11 @@ sub BUILD {
 
 sub finish {
     my $self = shift;
+
+    # normalize some values that require calculations
+    defined $self->config->{'static_handler'}
+        or $self->config->{'static_handler'} = -d $self->config->{'public_dir'};
+
     $self->register_route_handlers;
     $self->compile_hooks;
 

t/issues/gh-975/config.yml

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+public_dir: "t/issues/gh-975/test_public_dir"

t/issues/gh-975/gh-975.t

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More 'tests' => 2;
+use Plack::Test;
+use HTTP::Request::Common;
+
+{
+    package App;
+    use Dancer2;
+}
+
+my $test = Plack::Test->create( App->to_app );
+my $res  = $test->request( GET '/test.txt' );
+ok( $res->is_success, 'Succeeded retrieving file' );
+like( $res->content, qr{^this is test\.txt}, 'Correct file content' );

t/issues/gh-975/test_public_dir/test.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+this is test.txt