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alexanderGugel / ied

:package: Like npm, but faster - an alternative package manager for Node
http://alexandergugel.github.io/ied
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ied should create scripts in node_modules/.bin on Windows #119

Open magnushiie opened 8 years ago

magnushiie commented 8 years ago

Currently ied creates directory junctions for the .bin symlinks on Windows (PR #95) - as junctions work only for directories, this does not work. As discussed in #95, symlinks require additional permissions on Windows, so it's a bad idea to use them.

ied should continue using directory junctions for the package directories, but for the .bin tools, it should follow what npm does on Windows - for each tool it creates 2 scripts: 1) - a wrapper script for Cygwin/MSYS contexts 2) .cmd - a wrapper script for native/any other context

alexanderGugel commented 8 years ago

I don't work on a Windows machine and can thus not really debug this. I'm open to a PR for this, but Windows support is not the highest priority TBH. Sorry.