Change the storage path in Laravel 5

Question

I want to change the storage path Laravel 5.1 uses to something like /home/test/storage. This has the advantage that these files are not stored in the repositor

Answer 1

Laravel 5.3 is in bootstrap/app.php

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Set Storage Path
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This script allows us to override the default storage location used by
| the  application.  You may set the APP_STORAGE environment variable
| in your .env file,  if not set the default location will be used
|
*/

$app->useStoragePath( env( 'APP_STORAGE', base_path() . '/storage' ) );