Rails link to file in public folder

This worked for me:

<%= link_to 'Sitemap', root_url+'my_sitemap.svg', { target: '_blank' } %>

It sounds like you want to access the file here:

<%= link_to "here", "/my_project/data.txt" %>

I'd go with:

link_to 'Download sample', root_path + 'data/invoices/sample.pdf'

Update 2018-08-09

Performance does not matter if you generate single link (benchmark it if you many of them)
Probably "#{root_path}data/invoices/sample.pdf" is much simpler

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