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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions docusaurus/docs/deployment.md
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Expand Up @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const express = require('express');
const path = require('path');
const app = express();

app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'build')));
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'build'), { index: false }));

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, 'build', 'index.html'));
Expand All @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ If you use routers that use the HTML5 [`pushState` history API](https://develope
This is because when there is a fresh page load for a `/todos/42`, the server looks for the file `build/todos/42` and does not find it. The server needs to be configured to respond to a request to `/todos/42` by serving `index.html`. For example, we can amend our Express example above to serve `index.html` for any unknown paths:

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app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'build')));
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'build'), { index: false }));

-app.get('/', function (req, res) {
+app.get('/*', function (req, res) {
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