Easy way to override (not extend) front-end elements

[tothewine]

This approach should allow to override front-end elements without fiddling with defines and without unexpected file replacements during upgrades

# put this in .htaccess of the client directory and correct path references from crm/client to <your espo>/client

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /crm/client
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [E=ORQP_CLIENT:$1]
RewriteCond %{ENV:ORQP_CLIENT} !override
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/crm/client/override/%{ENV:ORQP_CLIENT} -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/crm/client/override/%{ENV:ORQP_CLIENT} [L]

Please help me test this! Also there is room for improvement: e.g. creating a version of this rules that could accomodate any possible espo path

Obviously this is not really recommended but I like the idea for quick testing on a development instance.

Putting this in production means either to check for change every upgrade or start down the path of a fault-based development.