Symlink plugin for MetalSmith, for symlinking to large files or directories containing many files
npm install metalsmith-symlink
var msSymlink = require('metalsmith-symlink');
var Metalsmith = require('metalsmith');
Metalsmith
.source('./src')
.destination('./build')
.use(msSymlink({
paths: [
{ // You can link either files
src: './assets/videos/huge-video-file.js', // relative to the directory the script was executed from
dest: 'assets/videos/really-big-file.js' // relative to the destination directory given to Metalsmith above ('./build' in our case)
},
{ // or directories
src: './assets/videos', // relative to the directory the script was executed from
dest: 'big-assets/videos' // relative to the destination directory given to Metalsmith above ('./build' in our case)
}
]
}))
.build(function(err) {
if(err) throw err;
});You may run build.js inside the example directory to see metalsmith-symlink in action.
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Copyright (c) 2017 Sam Wray
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