[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IVY-353?page=comments#action_12460074 ] Maarten Coene commented on IVY-353: -----------------------------------
Be carefull when applying this patch: it introduces a direct dependency on Jakarta Commons IO. It would be better if we could avoid this. > ivy:retrieve should be able to create symlinks > ---------------------------------------------- > > Key: IVY-353 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IVY-353 > Project: Ivy > Issue Type: Wish > Components: Core > Affects Versions: 1.4.1 > Environment: Linux > Reporter: John Williams > Attachments: retrieve-symlinks.patch > > > It would be helpful if the "retrieve" task had an option to create symlinks > on systems that support them. The symlinks could point to either the cache > or a local repository (is useOrigin=true). > My company has a very long number of small projects, many of which depend on > some fairly large artifacts, so copying everything would be too slow and use > up too much disk space to be practical. (We work around this now by using > the "cachepath" task for instead of retrieve.) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
