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+Use the `/app/assets` folder to store static files that **should be processed at build time**.
+
+Files in `/app/assets`:
+- Get uploaded to the Shopify CDN on deployment
+  - `/app/assets/logo.png` → `cdn.shopify.com/0000/0000/0000/assets/logo.png`
+- Can be imported in your app files
+  - Example: `import logo from '~/app/assets/logo.png'`
+- Get processed by Hydrogen's build tools
+  - File names are likely to be hashed (`/app/assets/logo.svg` -> `/dist/assets/logo-p7f8c0gh.svg`)
+  - SVG images may be inlined
+  - CSS or JavaScript files may be chunked, uglified, and/or minified
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+Use the `/public` folder to store static files that **shouldn't be processed at build time**.
+
+Files in `/public`:
+- Get uploaded to the Shopify CDN on deployment
+  - `/public/image.png` → `cdn.shopify.com/0000/0000/0000/image.png`
+- Can't be imported in your app files (see `/app/assets` instead)
+- Aren't processed by Hydrogen's build tools