From f96e8be41fe2cc36858bd4a673847bb388ce178a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abheek Dhawan <67982792+ADawesomeguy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 14:53:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Use custom favicon when viewing static files if it exists
 (#19130)

Redirect `/favicon.ico` to `/assets/img/favicon.png`.

Fix #19109
---
 routers/web/web.go | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/routers/web/web.go b/routers/web/web.go
index 9faa61e560..6d2fbedace 100644
--- a/routers/web/web.go
+++ b/routers/web/web.go
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ func Routes(sessioner func(http.Handler) http.Handler) *web.Route {
 		http.Redirect(w, req, path.Join(setting.StaticURLPrefix, "/assets/img/apple-touch-icon.png"), 301)
 	})
 
+	// redirect default favicon to the path of the custom favicon with a default as a fallback
+	routes.Get("/favicon.ico", func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		http.Redirect(w, req, path.Join(setting.StaticURLPrefix, "/assets/img/favicon.png"), 301)
+	})
+
 	common := []interface{}{}
 
 	if setting.EnableGzip {