Split upload directory into separate folders

[cnvo]

I've been thinking that we should clean up the directories a bit further than just the naming extensions e.g. *-profileimg.* to give some type of organization and differentiation between the images and files within the /public/uploads directory into three separate folders.

/public/uploads/profile ...for user profiles.
/public/uploads/category ...for the category images.
/public/uploads/files ...for the uploaded files via topic/post images and files.

[julianlam]

Funny how things like that just happen to collect more and more over time.

A bunch of different projects I have worked on all suffered from this... /images folder, always a dumping ground with no structure whatsoever 😆

[psychobunny]

Ah okay now we know who to blame :D on the record
On 25 Sep 2014 23:47, "Julian Lam" notifications@github.com wrote:

Funny how things like that just happen to collect more and more over time.

A bunch of different projects I have worked on all suffered from this...
/images folder, always a dumping ground with no structure whatsoever [image:
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[psychobunny]

potentially related issues that might be better off solved all at once:

#1509
#725

[barisusakli]

Who wants to write the upgrade script for this 😆

[baerrus]

Folks, this feature needs a bit of polishing. - A configurable root path so the images can be kept outside nodebb tree. I believe there is a good rationale for that. I keep redis dump on a separate volume which gets backed up daily. The images are really part of user generated content and should be located somewhere next to redis to get the benefit of backup. Currently that is not possible.

[julianlam]

@baerrus Is backing up public/uploads not enough? That folder contains only user-uploaded assets.

Edit: Oh, I see what you mean, you want it on a different partition altogether. Perhaps a --assets-dir flag...

[baerrus]

Yes, --asset-dir flag and ability to configure during "./nodebb setup" would fit the bill, I think

[julianlam]

Superceded by #2318