From eb23571b8b217ff562b3f4e5d6bfd154532ebb5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Przemys=C5=82aw=20D=C4=85bek?= <przemyslaw.dabek@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:23:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add possibility to make symbolic links

Simple feature, useful to make link to something without copying it.
---
 src/rebar_templater.erl | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/rebar_templater.erl b/src/rebar_templater.erl
index 5fe427bc..d5709c3a 100644
--- a/src/rebar_templater.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_templater.erl
@@ -380,6 +380,16 @@ execute_template([{chmod, Mod, File} | Rest], TemplateType, TemplateName,
             ?ABORT("Failed while processing template instruction "
                    "{cmod, ~b, ~s}: ~p~n", [Mod, File, Reason])
     end;
+execute_template([{symlink, Target, LinkName} | Rest], TemplateType, TemplateName,
+                 Context, Force, ExistingFiles) ->
+    case file:make_symlink(Target, LinkName) of
+        ok ->
+            execute_template(Rest, TemplateType, TemplateName,
+                             Context, Force, ExistingFiles);
+        {error, Reason} ->
+            ?ABORT("Failed while processing template instruction "
+                   "{symlink, ~s, ~s}: ~p~n", [Target, LinkName, Reason])
+    end;
 execute_template([{variables, _} | Rest], TemplateType, TemplateName, Context,
                  Force, ExistingFiles) ->
     execute_template(Rest, TemplateType, TemplateName,