gitignore: cover .bak/.pre-* snapshots; add Express 404-guard so they never serve from public/

31c1781c895d69a219f7988533cb9d7c428a3e96 · 2026-05-19 17:26:17 -0700 · SteveStudio2

Adds a clean-URL /categories alias mirroring /categories.html.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Files touched

M .gitignore
M server.js

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commit 31c1781c895d69a219f7988533cb9d7c428a3e96
Author: SteveStudio2 <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date:   Tue May 19 17:26:17 2026 -0700

    gitignore: cover *.bak/*.pre-* snapshots; add Express 404-guard so they never serve from public/
    
    Adds a clean-URL /categories alias mirroring /categories.html.
    
    Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .gitignore |  4 ++++
 server.js  | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1924158..9a09e17 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ tmp/
 dist/
 build/
 .next/
+*.bak
+*.bak.*
+*.pre-*
+.pre-*
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 7b6df57..c6a9a78 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -69,8 +69,21 @@ async function getMetrics() {
 }
 
 const app = express();
+
+// Refuse to serve snapshot/backup files even if a stray *.bak / .pre-* lands
+// in public/. Runs BEFORE express.static so it short-circuits any match.
+app.use((req, res, next) => {
+  if (/(?:^|\/)(?:\.pre-|[^/]+\.(?:bak)(?:\..+)?$|[^/]+\.pre-)/i.test(req.path)) {
+    return res.status(404).type('text').send('not found');
+  }
+  next();
+});
+
 app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
 
+// Clean-URL alias for the categories page (matches the nav link style).
+app.get('/categories', (_req, res) => res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, 'public', 'categories.html')));
+
 app.get('/api/properties', (_req, res) => {
   // Combine domain → G-ID + brand draft into a single payload
   const list = Object.entries(PROPS).map(([domain, gid]) => ({

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