public folder

.htaccess

@@ -1,24 +1,42 @@
 <ifModule mod_headers.c>
-  Header always set Access-Control-Allow-Methods "POST, GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE"
+    Header always set Access-Control-Allow-Methods "POST, GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE"
 </ifModule>
 
-DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
+DirectoryIndex index.php
+
+Options -Indexes
 
 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
-  RewriteEngine On
+    RewriteEngine On
 
-  # PROTECTED DIRECTORIES
-  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
-  RewriteRule ^/?(api|client)/ - [F]
+    # Forbid access. Not actual as redirect to `public` is applied.
+    # An extra security measure if redirect not fired.
+    RewriteRule ^/?data/ - [F]
+    RewriteRule ^/?application/ - [F]
+    RewriteRule ^/?custom/ - [F]
+    RewriteRule ^/?vendor/ - [F]
+    RewriteRule /?web\.config - [F]
 
-  RewriteRule ^/?data/ - [F]
-  RewriteRule ^/?application/ - [F]
-  RewriteRule ^/?custom/ - [F]
-  RewriteRule ^/?vendor/ - [F]
-  RewriteRule ^/?client/?$ - [F]
-  #END PROTECTED DIRECTORIES
+    # Forbid `public` dir.
+    RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} !=200
+    RewriteRule ^/?public/? - [F,L]
 
-  RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_ESPO_CGI_AUTH:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
+    # Skip redirect for `client` dir.
+    RewriteRule ^client/ - [L]
 
-  RewriteRule /?web\.config - [F]
-</IfModule>
+    # Skip redirect for `node_modules` dir. Actual only for dev environment.
+    RewriteRule ^node_modules/ - [L]
+
+    # Store base path.
+    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}::$1 ^(.*?/)(.*)::\2$
+    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [E=BASE:%1]
+
+    # Add trailing slash.
+    RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%{ENV:BASE}/public/$1 -d
+    RewriteRule ^(.*?[^/])$ %{REQUEST_URI}/ [L,R=301,NE]
+
+    # Rewrite to `public` dir.
+    RewriteRule ^((?!public/).*)$ %{ENV:BASE}/public/$1 [L,NC]
+
+    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_ESPO_CGI_AUTH:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
+</IfModule>