Copy symlinks instead of contents

install.sh

@@ -10,9 +10,18 @@ for f in $(all_files)
 do
 		install_path="${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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