Create symlink from within the generator

[mulderp]

Hi,

I am seeing:

    this.mkdir('app/node_modules');

but how could I create symlinks into that directory?

Thanks!

[eddiemonge]

Why would you want to? Symlinks dont work the same everywhere

[mulderp]

With symlinks, it is possible to require(someModule) in Node/browserify projects. Sure, symlinks on Windows might behave different from *nix, but an option to setup symlinks would still be great as far as I can see.

[eddiemonge]

Sorry but can you give me a specific example of why the symlink is needed? You don't need symlinks to require things normally.

[mulderp]

It's for this generator: https://github.com/mulderp/generator-backbone-browserify

if you have a collection in app/collections/foo a symlink can help to require('collections/foo') from different locations in an app

[SBoudrias]

Hey, I don't think this is a largely needed feature we'll add to the core.

Although, note this is easily feasible using pure Node.js with the fs.symlink() method. Using the yeoman file-system utils you'll be able to easily resolve paths within a generated project to consume by the node method.

[cueedee]

Well, I needed this feature and so took up the task suggested; the result of which can be found in this gist for whoever wants it too.