Asset transform now uses symlinks instead of copying

docs/transforms.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ After the bundle has been created, all the cached styles are compiled into a sin
 ### Assets
 *Exts*: `all not matched by other transforms`
 
-When you require an asset file, it's copied to `/build/assets/...`, where `...` is it's path relative to the entrypoint folder. The `require` statement resolves to the string path to where the asset was copied to.
+When you require an asset file, it's symlinked to `/build/assets/...`, where `...` is it's path relative to the entrypoint folder. The `require` statement resolves to the string path to where the asset was symlinked to.
 
 This also works within `require`d style files. But instead it will resolve to a css url.
 

lib/transforms/assets.js

@@ -6,20 +6,21 @@ module.exports = {
 	test  : (filepath)=>true,
 	apply : async (filepath, contents, opts)=>{
 		const sep = path.sep == '\\' ? '\\\\' : '/';
-		//TODO: add an embed flag
-		//if(opts.embed === true || opts.embed.some((embed)=>embed.match(filepath))){
-			// Read in file if no contents, base64 encode, module.exports=url pathing to base64 encoding
-		//
 
 		const rel = path.relative(opts.entry.dir, filepath).replace(/\\/g, '/');
 		const newrel = rel.replace(/\.\.\//g, '');
 		const assetPath = path.join('assets', opts.entry.name, newrel);
+		const buildPath = path.join(opts.paths.build, assetPath);
 
-		const buildPath = path.join(opts.paths.build, assetPath); //Remove 'node_modules' ? Remove scoped modules
-
+		try{
+			const info = await fse.lstat(buildPath);
+			if(info.isSymbolicLink()) await fse.unlink(buildPath);
+		}catch(err){
+			if(err.code != 'ENOENT') throw err;
+		}
 
 		await fse.ensureDir(path.dirname(buildPath));
-		await fse.copy(filepath, buildPath);
+		await fse.symlink(filepath, buildPath);
 
 		if(opts.pathOnly) return `/${assetPath.replace(/\\/g, '/')}`;
 		return `module.exports='/${assetPath.replace(/\\/g, '/')}';`;

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "vitreum",
-  "version": "5.6.2",
+  "version": "5.7.0",
   "description": "Web app build system using Browserify, React, and Less",
   "bin": "lib/vitreum",
   "repository": {