Symlink not permitted.

[andrewfinnell]

{ Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink '[project]\node_modules\jquery' -> '[project]\src\js\deps\jquery'
at Error (native)
errno: -4048,
code: 'EPERM',
syscall: 'symlink',
path: 'project\node_modules\jquery',
dest: 'project\src\js\deps\jquery' }

It seems the module thinks it can use symlink even though it's on Windows. Does this module require intellij/gulp be run as Administrator?

node --version
v6.3.1

npm --version
3.10.7

gulp --version
[09:12:03] CLI version 3.9.1
[09:12:03] Local version 3.9.1

[andrewfinnell]

I ran gulp from an Administrator console and it performed as expected. Is there a command option to NOT have it use symlinks and instead copy the dependencies? I suppose the module is named link-dependencies. but that seems like a risky solution.

For anyone else that wants to be able to create symlinks without requiring Run as Administrator, we can enable Symlink creation using the following steps:

1. Run gpedit.msc
2. Computer Configuration
3. Windows Settings
4. Security Settings
5. Local Policies
6. User Rights Assignment
7. Edit 'Create symbolic links' and add Users or your specific User Account.

[lazamar]

Unfortunately it currently doesn't have this option. When it was first implemented it copied instead of symlinking, we changed it later. If you look in the commits you can find the copying implementation. We accept pull requests :)

[lazamar]

Solved by 616c363