How can I change the name of the _nuxt folder?

Question

Hello I've got an issue with a Nuxt.js app that I can't seem to resolve. What I want to do is to change the name of the generated _nuxt folder with some other name. So far I've updated the nuxt.config.js and added this snippet:

build: { publicPath: '/new-folder' },

as far as I understand this publicPath variable expects a CDN link so probably this is not the correct way of changing the default _nuxt folder name.

I have also tried adding the buildDir: 'new-folder but when I run the build command it doesn't show up in the project. No matter what changes I added in the nuxt.config file when I deployed it on heroku all the assets where still in the _nuxt folder which causes issues to my project. Am I not seeing something am I doing something wrong?

Answer 1

Since the default answer in nuxt JS Documentation is /_nuxt/. The correct answer should be /yourCustomName/ - be ware that you need two forward slash.

In nuxt.config.js

build: {
  publicPath: '/customName/'
}

Answer 2

t's simple, just change in build the publicPath. buildDir is to change the folder for development, where the files will be when coding

nuxt.config.js:

build: {
    publicPath: 'new-folder/',
},

in my case, my publicPath is leo/

you can check more about it here: https://medium.com/@andrejsabrickis/how-to-set-custom-configuration-for-nuxt-js-generate-task-5055e53c2da5