index.html 21 lines
Dockerfile Nginx, serving that one file
No icons, no stylesheet, no scripts, no dependencies. This is the most minimal of the three file-directory projects, because the page it imitates is the most minimal.
Apache and Chrome both render their listings as HTML tables. Nginx does not — its
autoindex output is preformatted text, with columns aligned by literal spaces.
This project reproduces that faithfully, which has one consequence that matters more than any other: whitespace is the layout. Nothing computes column positions, so the alignment you see is the alignment you typed.
That is why Usage opens by telling you to disable format-on-save. An HTML
prettifier will reflow the <pre> contents and the columns will visibly drift.
It also explains the absence of icons. Nginx does not emit them, so neither does this.
Nothing reads a directory. Every line exists because someone typed it, and nothing validates that a link resolves or a date is accurate.
| Property | Because |
|---|---|
Works from file:// |
Nothing is fetched |
| Deploys by copying one file | There is nothing to build |
| Goes stale silently | Nothing re-reads the directory |
A real Nginx server generates this per request. This is a picture of one.
index.html opens with two copyright headers: the Nginx one covering the original design, and
the project's own. Preserve both when editing — they are the attribution, and the full upstream
notice is in LICENSE_nginx.md.
Dockerfile runs Nginx serving the static file — pleasingly circular, and convenience rather
than necessity. Any web server, or none, will do.
| Workflow | Purpose |
|---|---|
docs.yml |
Deploys to GitHub Pages on push to main |
docker-publish.yml |
Publishes the image to GHCR |
gitleaks.yml |
Scans for committed secrets |
Dependabot updates Actions and the Docker base image. There are no application dependencies.
None, and for a 21-line static file that is defensible — verification is opening it and looking.