Magento 2.2.5: When deploying not coping css to pub/static

Question

I have a Magento 2.2.5 based website and when I do a below command:

php bin/magento setup:di:compile
and then
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

And then I look in the

pub/static/frontend/Smartwave/porto_child/en_US/css

And the same CSS file that is in

app/design/frontend/Smartwave/porto_child/web/css

Is not copied over to the pub static folder? I checked and the Magento mode is production. Also I made sure the pub static is writable. I also tried renaming the static folder to 'static---' and then recompiled and redeployed and again the CSS file for some reason was not there in pub static?

Answer 1

Download .htaccess from official Magento 2 repository

Run below command.

php bin/magento setup:upgrade

php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

Never delete .htaccess file from pub/static

Answer 2

Try below command step by step and check again.

Step 1) Add .htaccess file from native Magento 2 source.

Step 2) php bin/magento setup:upgrade

Step 3) php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f

Step 4) php bin/magento cache:flush

Note: Do not delete .htaccess file from pub/static

Hope it help!