From ef6b87e9cd546a0d02617f787e63eb7c1deaa635 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daoud Clarke <daoud.clarke@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 21:44:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use a predeploy script instead

---
 app.json      |  7 +++++++
 mwmbl/apps.py | 11 -----------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 app.json

diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adbe94b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "scripts": {
+    "dokku": {
+      "predeploy": "rm -r /app/static/* && cp -r /front-end-build/* /app/static/",
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/mwmbl/apps.py b/mwmbl/apps.py
index fd2244d..f829ecc 100644
--- a/mwmbl/apps.py
+++ b/mwmbl/apps.py
@@ -35,14 +35,3 @@ class MwmblConfig(AppConfig):
             Process(target=background.run, args=(settings.DATA_PATH,)).start()
             Process(target=update_queue_continuously, args=(new_item_queue, queued_batches,)).start()
             Process(target=update_urls_continuously, args=(settings.DATA_PATH, new_item_queue)).start()
-
-        if not settings.DEBUG:
-            # Remove all existing content from the static folder:
-            # https://stackoverflow.com/a/1073382
-            for root, dirs, files in os.walk('/app/static'):
-                for f in files:
-                    os.unlink(os.path.join(root, f))
-                for d in dirs:
-                    shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(root, d))
-
-            shutil.copytree('/front-end-build', '/app/static')