From 07c41d90a814df12223df607efb1922f51d97a61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: toim <desinformatsioon@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:25:09 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Add notes about leading slash in file related methods

---
 website/docs/guide/static-files.md | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/website/docs/guide/static-files.md b/website/docs/guide/static-files.md
index 82780274..2c1f4ff3 100644
--- a/website/docs/guide/static-files.md
+++ b/website/docs/guide/static-files.md
@@ -4,10 +4,20 @@ slug: /static-files
 sidebar_position: 11
 ---
 
-# Static Files
+# Serving Static Files
 
 Images, JavaScript, CSS, PDF, Fonts and so on...
 
+## Default file system
+
+Echo uses `os.DirFS(".")` as default a file system which is set to current working directory. 
+To change the default file system, use `Echo#Filesystem` field.
+
+```go
+e := echo.New()
+e.Filesystem = os.DirFS("assets")
+```
+
 ## Using Static Middleware
 
 [See ](/middleware/static.md)
@@ -73,8 +83,16 @@ e.File("/", "public/index.html")
 
 *Usage 2*
 
-Serving a favicon from `images/favicon.ico`
+:::important
+
+Leading `/` in the file path is will not work with most of the fs.FS implementations.
+
+:::
+
+Serving a favicon from `/app/assets/favicon.ico`
 
 ```go
-e.File("/favicon.ico", "images/favicon.ico")
+e := echo.New()
+e.Filesystem = os.DirFS("/")
+e.File("/favicon.ico", "app/assets/favicon.ico") // <--- file path must not have a leading slash
 ```