Serve files under directory beginning with "."

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I need to serve a file under a directory like .well-known but it seems that this is not allowed. The file is supposed to be accessed through https://domain-name/.well-known/filename, but this results in a 404 error. I have this directory inside my static directory currently. Does anyone know what to do here?

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static/
└── .well-known/
    └── myfile.txt

Now run hugo.

public/.well-known/
└── myfile.txt

The site builds properly.

Can you view the file in the browser when you run hugo server and visit
http://localhost:1313/.well-known/myfile.txt?

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If I remember correctly, this is a hardcoded filter for the /static dir only (there have been a recent discussion about this on GitHub).

Long story short, I suspect you need to put that directory inside /content.

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Can you view the file in the browser when you run hugo server and visit
http://localhost:1313/.well-known/myfile.txt?

No, this is where I’m stuck. I have the directory structure as in your first example but the file doesn’t get served (404). If I remove the dot from the folder name and visit http://localhost:1313/well-known/myfile.txt then this works.

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Long story short, I suspect you need to put that directory inside /content.

This doesn’t seem to work either.

(there have been a recent discussion about this on GitHub)

Would you be able to point me to where I can find this discussion?

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Just to make sure we are both looking at the same thing, please try:

git clone --single-branch -b hugo-forum-topic-33131 https://github.com/jmooring/hugo-testing hugo-forum-topic-33131
cd hugo-forum-topic-33131
hugo server

Then visit http://localhost:1313/.well-known/myfile.txt

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Yes, this file loads perfectly fine for me, so there must be some kind of filtering condition in my own repository.

Where should I look for this configuration?

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What’s in your configuration file(s)?

You could also share your repository…

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As it turns out, after restarting the server, the file is now showing up properly. There must have been some kind of caching going on that didn’t detect the “.” directory when I added it initially (but which detected other new directories). Thanks for taking the time to help nonetheless!