From 2b1aa1b4c912c11b309a1e9f7876f8921afdd266 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: devaraj3 <devarajhello@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:02:09 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add .htaccess for URL rewriting and client-side routing

---
 public/.htaccess | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 public/.htaccess

diff --git a/public/.htaccess b/public/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90d6504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
+RewriteEngine On
+
+# If a real file or directory already matches the request, serve it as-is
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
+RewriteRule ^ - [L]
+
+# If appending .html to the request matches a real file, serve that (e.g. /viewer -> viewer.html)
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
+RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html [L]
+
+# Otherwise, fall back to the main app shell so client-side routing can show a proper 404
+RewriteRule ^ index.html [L]
+</IfModule>