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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Hakyll/Core/File.hs | 16 |
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diff --git a/lib/Hakyll/Core/File.hs b/lib/Hakyll/Core/File.hs index 49af659..6a5775e 100644 --- a/lib/Hakyll/Core/File.hs +++ b/lib/Hakyll/Core/File.hs @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ module Hakyll.Core.File , copyFileCompiler , TmpFile (..) , newTmpFile + , SymlinkFile (..) + , symlinkFileCompiler ) where @@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ import System.Directory (copyFileWithMetadata) import System.Directory (copyFile) #endif import System.Directory (doesFileExist, + createFileLink, renameFile) import System.FilePath ((</>)) import System.Random (randomIO) @@ -56,6 +59,19 @@ copyFileCompiler = do provider <- compilerProvider <$> compilerAsk makeItem $ CopyFile $ resourceFilePath provider identifier +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-- | This will not copy a file but create a symlink, which can save space & time for static sites with many large static files which would normally be handled by copyFileCompiler. (Note: the user will need to make sure their sync method handles symbolic links correctly!) +newtype SymlinkFile = SymlinkFile FilePath + deriving (Binary, Eq, Ord, Show, Typeable) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +instance Writable SymlinkFile where + write dst (Item _ (SymlinkFile src)) = createFileLink src dst +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +symlinkFileCompiler :: Compiler (Item SymlinkFile) +symlinkFileCompiler = do + identifier <- getUnderlying + provider <- compilerProvider <$> compilerAsk + makeItem $ SymlinkFile $ resourceFilePath provider identifier -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- newtype TmpFile = TmpFile FilePath |