Images only visible on my machine in Laravel + Filament project

[honest notch]

What I am trying to do:
Display images stored in Laravel using Filament, and ensure they are visible to others who clone the project.

What I did:
I successfully configured everything on my machine. I ran php artisan storage:link and updated the .env file with APP_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8000. The images load correctly for me. I shared the project with a friend via GitHub.

My issue/the error:
The images are not showing on my friend's machine, even though everything works fine for me. They cloned the repo from GitHub and also ran php artisan storage:link. Still, the images don't appear. We are both running the project locally. What could be causing this issue?

[gentle lance]

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[mighty kettle]

The storage directory is excluded in your .gitignore

[honest notch]

line 6 and 7?

[mighty kettle]

Does the storage directory and sub directories exist when you look at the repo on github?

Typically all of storage is excluded from git.

[mighty kettle]

Not talking about the symlink in public.

Talking about the actual storage directory at the root. Also weird that GitHub is tracking a symlink.

[honest notch]

i need help bro :/

[mighty kettle]

Right but that’s a symlink which exists on the machine. Again not what I’m asking. On GitHub, does the storage directory have all the files.

/storage not /public/storage

Symlinks shouldn’t even be in github. Something is off in your codebase.

[honest notch]

I don't have any files on my github according to public/storage

can u help me bro?

[mighty kettle]

I think you’re not understanding what I’m saying.

[honest notch]

im using translate

i speak spanish

jeje

[mighty kettle]

Ignore public/storage for now. What does /storage show in your github repo.?

[mighty kettle]

And inside app? In that directory.

[mighty kettle]

Ok. Thats the problem, files you are putting into storage/app are not getting committed to the repo which is why when your coworker pulls it down they don’t have them.

Even with storage:link

[honest notch]

ok

i understand now

[mighty kettle]

Storage:link creates a symlink in public to /storage.

[honest notch]

so how i can fix?

[mighty kettle]

You have to modify your gitignore to include them

[honest notch]

i have to include public/storage and put php artisan storage:link again?

[mighty kettle]

No, you have to change your gitignore to not ignore anything inside /storage that you want to commit. When someone pulls down the repo they will still need to run storage:link in their environment.

[honest notch]

can i call you so we can understand each other better?

[mighty kettle]

Not somewhere I can take a call right now. Read up on the laravel docs for storage. I’m sure there’s plenty of articles about it too as it relates to git.

The issue is really more of an understanding of git and not a filament or laravel thing.

[honest notch]

ooo

[mighty kettle]

https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore

[honest notch]

ty bro, i will check docs and try to fix the problem

if i get a problem can i ask you again?