[support] Directory issue

Because of the inconveniences when updating Drupal core, I have Drupal files under a subdirectory: ~/public_html/drupal/ This way, I can dup the directory to update the core and test drive before the switchover.

However, I still need the drupal directory to be the root to the public, so I put this in .htaccess: RewriteRule (.*) drupal/$1 [L] This works great. Public audience doesn't see /drupal/ subdirectory.

However, this killed all of my sub-domains such as private.mydomain.com. I guess I can copy all the sub-domains' subdirectories under drupal directory but I do not wish to do so for obvious reasons.

Any help would be appreciated.