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Add symlink option to grunt.file.copy #1069

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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions lib/grunt/file.js
Expand Up @@ -305,6 +305,19 @@ file.copy = function(srcpath, destpath, options) {
// If the file will be processed, use the encoding as-specified. Otherwise,
// use an encoding of null to force the file to be read/written as a Buffer.
var readWriteOptions = process ? options : {encoding: null};
// Copy symlinks as symlinks
var isLink = fs.lstatSync( srcpath ).isSymbolicLink();
if ( isLink ) {
var destdir = path.join( destpath, '..' );
// Use the correct relative path for the symlink
if (!grunt.file.isPathAbsolute(srcpath)) {
srcpath = path.relative(destdir, srcpath) || '.';
}
file.mkdir( destdir );
var mode = grunt.file.isDir(srcpath) ? 'dir' : 'file';
fs.symlinkSync(srcpath, destpath, mode);
return;
}
// Actually read the file.
var contents = file.read(srcpath, readWriteOptions);
if (process) {
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