feat(pages): add static route configuration for direct file serving

Allow repository pages to serve files directly at specific URL paths instead of rendering the landing page. Supports exact paths (/badge.svg) and glob patterns (/schema/*). Add advanced settings UI and API endpoints for managing static routes alongside existing redirects and custom code options.

modules/pages/config.go

@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ type AdvancedConfig struct {
 	CustomCSS          string            `yaml:"custom_css,omitempty" json:"custom_css,omitempty"`
 	CustomHead         string            `yaml:"custom_head,omitempty" json:"custom_head,omitempty"`
 	Redirects          map[string]string `yaml:"redirects,omitempty" json:"redirects,omitempty"`
+	StaticRoutes       []string          `yaml:"static_routes,omitempty" json:"static_routes,omitempty"`
 	PublicReleases     bool              `yaml:"public_releases,omitempty" json:"public_releases,omitempty"`
 	HideMobileReleases bool              `yaml:"hide_mobile_releases,omitempty" json:"hide_mobile_releases,omitempty"`
 	GooglePlayID       string            `yaml:"google_play_id,omitempty" json:"google_play_id,omitempty"`

modules/structs/repo_pages.go

@@ -255,12 +255,13 @@ type UpdatePagesSEOOption struct {
 
 // UpdatePagesAdvancedOption represents advanced settings update
 type UpdatePagesAdvancedOption struct {
-	CustomCSS          *string `json:"custom_css"`
-	CustomHead         *string `json:"custom_head"`
-	PublicReleases     *bool   `json:"public_releases"`
-	HideMobileReleases *bool   `json:"hide_mobile_releases"`
-	GooglePlayID       *string `json:"google_play_id"`
-	AppStoreID         *string `json:"app_store_id"`
+	CustomCSS          *string   `json:"custom_css"`
+	CustomHead         *string   `json:"custom_head"`
+	StaticRoutes       *[]string `json:"static_routes"`
+	PublicReleases     *bool     `json:"public_releases"`
+	HideMobileReleases *bool     `json:"hide_mobile_releases"`
+	GooglePlayID       *string   `json:"google_play_id"`
+	AppStoreID         *string   `json:"app_store_id"`
 }
 
 // UpdatePagesContentOption bundles content-page sections for PUT /config/content

options/locale/locale_en-US.json

@@ -4640,6 +4640,18 @@
   "repo.settings.pages.trans_footer_link": "Link Label",
   "repo.settings.pages.trans_seo_title": "SEO Title",
   "repo.settings.pages.trans_seo_description": "SEO Description",
+  "repo.settings.pages.advanced": "Advanced",
+  "repo.settings.pages.static_routes": "Static Routes",
+  "repo.settings.pages.static_routes_desc": "Serve files directly from your repository at specific URL paths instead of rendering the landing page. Use exact paths (/badge.svg) or glob patterns (/schema/*).",
+  "repo.settings.pages.add_route": "Add Route",
+  "repo.settings.pages.redirects": "Redirects",
+  "repo.settings.pages.redirects_desc": "Redirect specific paths to other URLs. The source path must start with /.",
+  "repo.settings.pages.add_redirect": "Add Redirect",
+  "repo.settings.pages.custom_code": "Custom Code",
+  "repo.settings.pages.custom_css": "Custom CSS",
+  "repo.settings.pages.custom_head": "Custom Head HTML",
+  "repo.settings.pages.app_stores": "App Stores",
+  "repo.settings.pages.hide_mobile_releases": "Hide Mobile Releases",
   "repo.vault": "Vault",
   "repo.vault.secrets": "Secrets",
   "repo.vault.new_secret": "New Secret",

routers/api/v2/pages_api.go

@@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ func applyAdvanced(dst *pages_module.AdvancedConfig, src *api.UpdatePagesAdvance
 	if src.CustomHead != nil {
 		dst.CustomHead = *src.CustomHead
 	}
+	if src.StaticRoutes != nil {
+		dst.StaticRoutes = *src.StaticRoutes
+	}
 	if src.PublicReleases != nil {
 		dst.PublicReleases = *src.PublicReleases
 	}

routers/web/pages/pages.go

@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ func ServeLandingPage(ctx *context.Context) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Check for static route file serving
+	if len(config.Advanced.StaticRoutes) > 0 {
+		cleanPath := path.Clean(requestPath)
+		if matchesStaticRoute(cleanPath, config.Advanced.StaticRoutes) {
+			serveStaticRouteFile(ctx, repo, cleanPath)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Handle event tracking POST
 	if ctx.Req.Method == http.MethodPost && (requestPath == "/pages/events" || requestPath == "/pages/events/") {
 		servePageEvent(ctx, repo)
@@ -593,6 +602,89 @@ func serveCustomDomainAsset(ctx *context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository, a
 	serveRepoFileAsset(ctx, commit, assetPath)
 }
 
+// matchesStaticRoute checks if a request path matches any configured static route pattern.
+// Supports exact matches (/badge.svg) and glob patterns (/schema/*).
+func matchesStaticRoute(requestPath string, routes []string) bool {
+	for _, route := range routes {
+		if route == requestPath {
+			return true
+		}
+		// Handle glob patterns like /schema/*
+		if matched, _ := path.Match(route, requestPath); matched {
+			return true
+		}
+		// Handle prefix patterns: /schema/* should match /schema/sub/deep.json
+		if strings.HasSuffix(route, "/*") {
+			prefix := strings.TrimSuffix(route, "*")
+			if strings.HasPrefix(requestPath, prefix) {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// serveStaticRouteFile serves a file directly from the repo tree for static route matches.
+// The request path maps directly to the repo root (e.g., /schema/v0.1.json → schema/v0.1.json).
+func serveStaticRouteFile(ctx *context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository, requestPath string) {
+	// Strip leading slash to get repo-relative path
+	repoPath := strings.TrimPrefix(requestPath, "/")
+	if repoPath == "" {
+		ctx.NotFound(errors.New("empty static route path"))
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Security: never serve .gitea config files
+	if strings.HasPrefix(repoPath, ".gitea/") || strings.HasPrefix(repoPath, ".gitea\\") {
+		ctx.NotFound(errors.New("config files are not served"))
+		return
+	}
+
+	gitRepo, err := git.OpenRepository(ctx, repo.RepoPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.NotFound(err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer gitRepo.Close()
+
+	branch := repo.DefaultBranch
+	if branch == "" {
+		branch = "main"
+	}
+
+	commit, err := gitRepo.GetBranchCommit(branch)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.NotFound(err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	entry, err := commit.GetTreeEntryByPath(repoPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.NotFound(err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Only serve blobs, not trees
+	if !entry.IsRegular() {
+		ctx.NotFound(errors.New("path is not a file"))
+		return
+	}
+
+	reader, err := entry.Blob().DataAsync()
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("Failed to read static route file", err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer reader.Close()
+
+	ext := path.Ext(repoPath)
+	contentType := getContentType(ext)
+	ctx.Resp.Header().Set("Content-Type", contentType)
+	ctx.Resp.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "public, max-age=3600")
+	ctx.Resp.Header().Set("Content-Length", strconv.FormatInt(entry.Blob().Size(), 10))
+	_, _ = io.Copy(ctx.Resp, reader)
+}
+
 // serveSocialPreview generates and serves the social card image for a repo
 // on custom domain / subdomain requests.
 func serveSocialPreview(ctx *context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository) {

routers/web/repo/setting/pages.go

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const (
 	tplRepoSettingsPagesFooter     templates.TplName = "repo/settings/pages_footer"
 	tplRepoSettingsPagesTheme      templates.TplName = "repo/settings/pages_theme"
 	tplRepoSettingsPagesLanguages  templates.TplName = "repo/settings/pages_languages"
+	tplRepoSettingsPagesAdvanced   templates.TplName = "repo/settings/pages_advanced"
 )
 
 // getPagesLandingConfig loads the landing page configuration
@@ -1479,3 +1480,68 @@ func loadRawReadme(ctx *context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository) string {
 	}
 	return ""
 }
+
+// PagesAdvanced renders the advanced settings page
+func PagesAdvanced(ctx *context.Context) {
+	ctx.Data["Title"] = ctx.Tr("repo.settings.pages.advanced")
+	ctx.Data["PageIsSettingsPages"] = true
+	ctx.Data["PageIsSettingsPagesAdvanced"] = true
+	setCommonPagesData(ctx)
+	ctx.HTML(http.StatusOK, tplRepoSettingsPagesAdvanced)
+}
+
+// PagesAdvancedPost handles the advanced settings form submission
+func PagesAdvancedPost(ctx *context.Context) {
+	config := getPagesLandingConfig(ctx)
+
+	// Parse static routes
+	var routes []string
+	for i := range 100 {
+		route := strings.TrimSpace(ctx.FormString(fmt.Sprintf("static_route_%d", i)))
+		if route != "" {
+			routes = append(routes, route)
+		}
+	}
+	config.Advanced.StaticRoutes = routes
+
+	// Parse redirects
+	redirects := make(map[string]string)
+	for i := range 100 {
+		from := strings.TrimSpace(ctx.FormString(fmt.Sprintf("redirect_from_%d", i)))
+		to := strings.TrimSpace(ctx.FormString(fmt.Sprintf("redirect_to_%d", i)))
+		if from != "" && to != "" {
+			redirects[from] = to
+		}
+	}
+	// Also handle redirects keyed by path (from existing entries)
+	for key, vals := range ctx.Req.Form {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(key, "redirect_from_/") {
+			from := strings.TrimSpace(vals[0])
+			toKey := "redirect_to_" + strings.TrimPrefix(key, "redirect_from_")
+			to := strings.TrimSpace(ctx.Req.FormValue(toKey))
+			if from != "" && to != "" {
+				redirects[from] = to
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if len(redirects) > 0 {
+		config.Advanced.Redirects = redirects
+	} else {
+		config.Advanced.Redirects = nil
+	}
+
+	// Parse remaining fields
+	config.Advanced.CustomCSS = ctx.FormString("custom_css")
+	config.Advanced.CustomHead = ctx.FormString("custom_head")
+	config.Advanced.GooglePlayID = ctx.FormString("google_play_id")
+	config.Advanced.AppStoreID = ctx.FormString("app_store_id")
+	config.Advanced.PublicReleases = ctx.FormBool("public_releases")
+	config.Advanced.HideMobileReleases = ctx.FormBool("hide_mobile_releases")
+
+	if err := savePagesLandingConfig(ctx, config); err != nil {
+		ctx.ServerError("SavePagesConfig", err)
+		return
+	}
+	ctx.Flash.Success(ctx.Tr("repo.settings.pages.saved"))
+	ctx.Redirect(ctx.Repo.Repository.Link() + "/settings/pages/advanced")
+}

routers/web/web.go

@@ -1347,6 +1347,7 @@ func registerWebRoutes(m *web.Router) {
 			m.Combo("/footer").Get(repo_setting.PagesFooter).Post(repo_setting.PagesFooterPost)
 			m.Combo("/theme").Get(repo_setting.PagesTheme).Post(repo_setting.PagesThemePost)
 			m.Combo("/languages").Get(repo_setting.PagesLanguages).Post(repo_setting.PagesLanguagesPost)
+			m.Combo("/advanced").Get(repo_setting.PagesAdvanced).Post(repo_setting.PagesAdvancedPost)
 		})
 		m.Group("/actions/general", func() {
 			m.Get("", repo_setting.ActionsGeneralSettings)

templates/repo/settings/pages_advanced.tmpl

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+{{template "repo/settings/layout_head" (dict "ctxData" . "pageClass" "repository settings pages")}}
+	<div class="user-main-content twelve wide column">
+		<h4 class="ui top attached header">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.pages.advanced"}}</h4>
+		<div class="ui attached segment">
+			<form class="ui form" method="post">
+				{{.CsrfTokenHtml}}
+
+				<h5 class="ui dividing header">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.pages.static_routes"}}</h5>
+				<p class="help">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.pages.static_routes_desc"}}</p>
+				<div id="routes-container">
+					{{range $i, $route := .Config.Advanced.StaticRoutes}}
+					<div class="field route-item tw-flex tw-items-center tw-gap-2">
+						<input name="static_route_{{$i}}" value="{{$route}}" placeholder="/schema/*" class="tw-flex-1">
+						<button type="button" class="ui red mini icon button" onclick="this.closest('.route-item').remove()">{{svg "octicon-trash" 14}}</button>
+					</div>
+					{{end}}
+					{{if not .Config.Advanced.StaticRoutes}}
+					<div class="field route-item tw-flex tw-items-center tw-gap-2">
+						<input name="static_route_0" placeholder="/schema/*" class="tw-flex-1">
+						<button type="button" class="ui red mini icon button" onclick="this.closest('.route-item').remove()">{{svg "octicon-trash" 14}}</button>
+					</div>
+					{{end}}
+				</div>
+				<button type="button" class="ui mini button tw-mb-4" onclick="addRoute()">+ {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.pages.add_route"}}</button>
+
+				<h5 class="ui dividing header">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.pages.redirects"}}</h5>
+				<p class="help">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.pages.redirects_desc"}}</p>
+				<div id="redirects-container">
+					{{range $path, $target := .Config.Advanced.Redirects}}
+					<div class="two fields redirect-item">
+						<div class="field"><input name="redirect_from_{{$path}}" value="{{$path}}" placeholder="/old-path"></div>
+						<div class="field tw-flex tw-items-center tw-gap-2">
+							<input name="redirect_to_{{$path}}" value="{{$target}}" placeholder="https://new-url" class="tw-flex-1">
+							<button type="button" class="ui red mini icon button" onclick="this.closest('.redirect-item').remove()">{{svg "octicon-trash" 14}}</button>
+						</div>
+					</div>
+					{{end}}
+					{{if not .Config.Advanced.Redirects}}
+					<div class="two fields redirect-item">
+						<div class="field"><input name="redirect_from_0" placeholder="/old-path"></div>
+						<div class="field tw-flex tw-items-center tw-gap-2">
+							<input name="redirect_to_0" placeholder="https://new-url" class="tw-flex-1">
+							<button type="button" class="ui red mini icon button" onclick="this.closest('.redirect-item').remove()">{{svg "octicon-trash" 14}}</button>
+						</div>
+					</div>
+					{{end}}
+				</div>
+				<button type="button" class="ui mini button tw-mb-4" onclick="addRedirect()">+ {{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.pages.add_redirect"}}</button>
+
+				<h5 class="ui dividing header">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.pages.custom_code"}}</h5>
+				<div class="field">
+					<label>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.pages.custom_css"}}</label>
+					<textarea name="custom_css" rows="4" placeholder="body { }">{{.Config.Advanced.CustomCSS}}</textarea>
+				</div>
+				<div class="field">
+					<label>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.pages.custom_head"}}</label>
+					<textarea name="custom_head" rows="4" placeholder="<meta ...>">{{.Config.Advanced.CustomHead}}</textarea>
+				</div>
+
+				<h5 class="ui dividing header">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.pages.app_stores"}}</h5>
+				<div class="two fields">
+					<div class="field">
+						<label>Google Play ID</label>
+						<input name="google_play_id" value="{{.Config.Advanced.GooglePlayID}}" placeholder="com.example.app">
+					</div>
+					<div class="field">
+						<label>App Store ID</label>
+						<input name="app_store_id" value="{{.Config.Advanced.AppStoreID}}" placeholder="123456789">
+					</div>
+				</div>
+
+				<div class="inline fields">
+					<div class="field">
+						<div class="ui checkbox">
+							<input type="checkbox" name="public_releases" {{if .Config.Advanced.PublicReleases}}checked{{end}}>
+							<label>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.pages.public_releases"}}</label>
+						</div>
+					</div>
+					<div class="field">
+						<div class="ui checkbox">
+							<input type="checkbox" name="hide_mobile_releases" {{if .Config.Advanced.HideMobileReleases}}checked{{end}}>
+							<label>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.pages.hide_mobile_releases"}}</label>
+						</div>
+					</div>
+				</div>
+
+				<div class="field">
+					<button class="ui primary button">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "save"}}</button>
+				</div>
+			</form>
+		</div>
+	</div>
+	<script>
+	let routeCount = {{len .Config.Advanced.StaticRoutes}};
+	let redirectCount = {{len .Config.Advanced.Redirects}};
+	if (routeCount === 0) routeCount = 1;
+	if (redirectCount === 0) redirectCount = 1;
+	function addRoute() {
+		const c = document.getElementById('routes-container');
+		c.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', `<div class="field route-item tw-flex tw-items-center tw-gap-2"><input name="static_route_${routeCount}" placeholder="/schema/*" class="tw-flex-1"><button type="button" class="ui red mini icon button" onclick="this.closest('.route-item').remove()">{{svg "octicon-trash" 14}}</button></div>`);
+		routeCount++;
+	}
+	function addRedirect() {
+		const c = document.getElementById('redirects-container');
+		c.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', `<div class="two fields redirect-item"><div class="field"><input name="redirect_from_${redirectCount}" placeholder="/old-path"></div><div class="field tw-flex tw-items-center tw-gap-2"><input name="redirect_to_${redirectCount}" placeholder="https://new-url" class="tw-flex-1"><button type="button" class="ui red mini icon button" onclick="this.closest('.redirect-item').remove()">{{svg "octicon-trash" 14}}</button></div></div>`);
+		redirectCount++;
+	}
+	</script>
+{{template "repo/settings/layout_footer" .}}

templates/repo/settings/pages_nav.tmpl

@@ -30,5 +30,8 @@
 	<a class="{{if .PageIsSettingsPagesLanguages}}active {{end}}item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/settings/pages/languages">
 		{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.pages.languages"}}
 	</a>
+	<a class="{{if .PageIsSettingsPagesAdvanced}}active {{end}}item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/settings/pages/advanced">
+		{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.settings.pages.advanced"}}
+	</a>
 </div>
 {{end}}