refactor: use 'public' directory as default value for 'static' (#3005)

BRAKING CHANGE: default `static` value is `public`

Author: snitin315

lib/utils/normalizeOptions.js

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function normalizeOptions(compiler, options) {
     : {};
 
   const defaultOptionsForStatic = {
-    directory: path.join(process.cwd(), 'static'),
+    directory: path.join(process.cwd(), 'public'),
     staticOptions: {},
     publicPath: ['/'],
     serveIndex: { icons: true },

test/cli/__snapshots__/cli.test.js.snap

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 exports[`CLI --hot webpack 5 1`] = `
 "<i> [webpack-dev-server] Project is running at http://localhost:8080/
-<i> [webpack-dev-server] Content not from webpack x.x.x served from 'Xdir/static' directory
+<i> [webpack-dev-server] Content not from webpack x.x.x served from 'Xdir/public' directory
 <i> [webpack-dev-middleware] asset main.js X KiB [emitted] (name: main)
 <i> runtime modules X KiB 10 modules
 <i> cacheable modules X KiB
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ exports[`CLI --hot webpack 5 1`] = `
 
 exports[`CLI --no-hot webpack 5 1`] = `
 "<i> [webpack-dev-server] Project is running at http://localhost:8080/
-<i> [webpack-dev-server] Content not from webpack x.x.x served from 'Xdir/static' directory
+<i> [webpack-dev-server] Content not from webpack x.x.x served from 'Xdir/public' directory
 <i> [webpack-dev-middleware] asset main.js X KiB [emitted] (name: main)
 <i> runtime modules X bytes 3 modules
 <i> cacheable modules X KiB

test/server/utils/normalizeOptions.test.js

@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ describe('normalizeOptions', () => {
 
           if (data.options.static) {
             data.options.static.forEach((staticOpts) => {
-              if (staticOpts.directory === path.join(process.cwd(), 'static')) {
+              if (staticOpts.directory === path.join(process.cwd(), 'public')) {
                 // give an indication in the snapshot that this is the
                 // current working directory
                 staticOpts.directory = 'CWD';