builder: only remove output directory if set and in dev mode dev-server

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/internal/builder/builder.go b/internal/builder/builder.go
index 363df67..88e3f02 100644
--- a/internal/builder/builder.go
+++ b/internal/builder/builder.go
@@ -186,9 +186,11 @@ func BuildSite(ioConfig IOConfig) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	err = os.RemoveAll(ioConfig.Destination)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Panic(errors.Errorf("could not remove public directory: %v", err))
+	if ioConfig.Development && ioConfig.Destination != "website" {
+		err = os.RemoveAll(ioConfig.Destination)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Panic(errors.Errorf("could not remove destination directory: %v", err))
+		}
 	}
 
 	return build(ioConfig.Destination, *config)