Change public path

This is one of multiple public path edits. For simplified usability, I am integrating the public Laravel directory into the root directory. 

This edit is part of moving everything from root/public to root.

index.php

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+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+
+define('LARAVEL_START', microtime(true));
+
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Check If Application Is Under Maintenance
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| If the application is maintenance / demo mode via the "down" command we
+| will require this file so that any prerendered template can be shown
+| instead of starting the framework, which could cause an exception.
+|
+*/
+
+if (file_exists(__DIR__.'/storage/framework/maintenance.php')) {
+    require __DIR__.'/storage/framework/maintenance.php';
+}
+
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Register The Auto Loader
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| Composer provides a convenient, automatically generated class loader for
+| this application. We just need to utilize it! We'll simply require it
+| into the script here so we don't need to manually load our classes.
+|
+*/
+
+require __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';
+
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Run The Application
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| Once we have the application, we can handle the incoming request using
+| the application's HTTP kernel. Then, we will send the response back
+| to this client's browser, allowing them to enjoy our application.
+|
+*/
+
+$app = require_once __DIR__.'/bootstrap/app.php';
+
+$kernel = $app->make(Kernel::class);
+
+$response = tap($kernel->handle(
+    $request = Request::capture()
+))->send();
+
+$kernel->terminate($request, $response);