如何修改http-server默认路径：存在public时指定根目录启动

No sweat, here's a simple, direct fix for your use case:

• Explicitly set your project root as the server's target path using the [path] parameter. This will override http-server's default behavior of prioritizing the public folder if it exists.

Just run this command in your project's root directory:

http-server ./

This forces http-server to serve files directly from your root folder, so it will load the index.html located there instead of looking inside the public directory.

Quick Extra Tip #

If you ever need to serve files from a different custom directory down the line, you can use the same pattern—just replace ./ with the path to your target folder. For example:

http-server ./my-test-build

The core logic here is that the explicit [path] argument always takes priority over http-server's automatic folder detection. This lets you fully control which directory gets served, regardless of whether a public folder exists.

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者Satyajit Das