From adc1f3ce611d813560b708bba17ad0516bbfda77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Balakrishnan Balasubramanian <git.user@balki.me>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 22:02:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Copy symlinks instead of contents

---
 install.sh | 21 +++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index f37dce3..2b7277b 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -3,16 +3,25 @@
 root="root"
 
 all_files() {
-    find $root -type f,l
+		find $root -type f,l
 }
 
 for f in $(all_files)
 do
-    install_path="${f#"$root"}"
-    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$install_path")"
-    # ln -snf "$PWD/$f" "$install_path"
-		read -ra perm_options <  <(stat -c '-m %a -g %g -o %u' "$PWD/$f")
-		install -C "${perm_options[@]}" "$PWD/$f" "$install_path"
+		install_path="${f#"$root"}"
+		mkdir -p "$(dirname "$install_path")"
+
+		# Sometimes it is simpler to just link instead of copy
+		# ln -snf "$PWD/$f" "$install_path"
+
+		# install -C only copies if destination has changed. 
+		# However for symlinks, it always copies and it copies the *contents* and not the symlinks. 
+		if [[ -L "$PWD/$f" ]]; then
+				cp -P "$PWD/$f" "$install_path"
+		else
+				read -ra perm_options <  <(stat -c '-m %a -g %g -o %u' "$PWD/$f")
+				install -C "${perm_options[@]}" "$PWD/$f" "$install_path"
+		fi
 done
 
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