symlink-dir
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Cross-platform directory symlinking
Always uses "junctions" on Windows. Even though support for "symbolic links" was added in Vista+, users by default lack permission to create them
npm i -S symlink-dir
Lets suppose you'd like to self-require your package. You can link it to its own node_modules:
# from -> to
symlink-dir . node_modules/my-package
'use strict'
const symlinkDir = require('symlink-dir')
const path = require('path')
const cwd = process.cwd()
symlinkDir(path.join(cwd, 'src'), path.join(cwd, 'node_modules/src'))
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Cross-platform directory symlinking
The npm package symlink-dir receives a total of 44,998 weekly downloads. As such, symlink-dir popularity was classified as popular.
We found that symlink-dir demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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