Create symbolic links.
npm install grunt-contrib-symlink> Create symbolic links.
If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:
``shell`
npm install grunt-contrib-symlink --save-dev
Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:
`js`
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-symlink');
command._Task targets, files and options may be specified according to the grunt Configuring tasks guide. Pay special attention to the Building the files object dynamically section, which explains how to create many src-dest file mappings all at once.
Note that the symlink mode (file, dir) is determined automatically based on the src file type.
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`js
symlink: {
options: {
// Enable overwrite to delete symlinks before recreating them
overwrite: false,
// Enable force to overwrite symlinks outside the current working directory
force: false
},
// The "build/target.txt" symlink will be created and linked to
// "source/target.txt". It should appear like this in a file listing:
// build/target.txt -> ../source/target.txt
explicit: {
src: 'source/target.txt',
dest: 'build/target.txt'
},
// These examples using "expand" to generate src-dest file mappings:
// http://gruntjs.com/configuring-tasks#building-the-files-object-dynamically
expanded: {
files: [
// All child files and directories in "source", starting with "foo-" will
// be symlinked into the "build" directory, with the leading "source"
// stripped off.
{
expand: true,
overwrite: false,
cwd: 'source',
src: ['foo-*'],
dest: 'build'
},
// All child directories in "source" will be symlinked into the "build"
// directory, with the leading "source" stripped off.
{
expand: true,
overwrite: false,
cwd: 'source',
src: ['*'],
dest: 'build',
filter: 'isDirectory'
}
]
},
}
`#### CLI overwrite option
To override the overwrite option via the CLI pass it as an option
shell
grunt symlink --overwrite
`#### Usage tips on Microsoft Windows
Make sure your command prompt has administrative privileges, otherwise
the task will not work.
Release History
* 2016-02-28 v1.0.0 Added
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Task submitted by "Cowboy" Ben Alman
This file was generated on Sun Feb 28 2016 20:26:42.