[Windows] EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink

[kingyue737]

OS: Windows 11

In dev mode, it works perfectly, but when I try to build, the following error exists:

Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink 'D:\Solutions\my-repo\node_modules\.pnpm\shiki@0.11.1\node_modules\shiki' -> 'D:\Solutions\my-repo\dist\shiki'

Any help would be appreciated!

[kingyue737]

Running an elevated terminal can solve this issue.

[sapphi-red]

I guess it's failing because Windows requires administrator permission to create a symlink by default.
Maybe it will work if dereference: true was passed here.

vite-plugin-static-copy/src/utils.ts

Line 121 in f355fe1

await fs.copy(resolvedSrc, resolvedDest, { preserveTimestamps })

[kingyue737]

Directly copying file to dist rather than symlink make the dist folder portable (I can easily send all built files in dist folder to my teammates). Maybe add an option to allow user to determine whether copy or symlink?

[sapphi-red]

That makes sense. I made dereference: true by default. (And a option to turn that off)
dde68b7

I've released v0.12.0 that includes that change.