Support preserve_symlinks=False for directories

copier/main.py

@@ -602,7 +602,8 @@ def match_skip(self) -> Callable[[Path], bool]:
 
     def _render_template(self) -> None:
         """Render the template in the subproject root."""
-        for src in scantree(str(self.template_copy_root)):
+        follow_symlinks = not self.template.preserve_symlinks
+        for src in scantree(str(self.template_copy_root), follow_symlinks):
             src_abspath = Path(src.path)
             src_relpath = Path(src_abspath).relative_to(self.template.local_abspath)
             dst_relpath = self._render_path(
@@ -612,7 +613,7 @@ def _render_template(self) -> None:
                 continue
             if src.is_symlink() and self.template.preserve_symlinks:
                 self._render_symlink(src_relpath, dst_relpath)
-            elif src.is_dir(follow_symlinks=False):
+            elif src.is_dir(follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks):
                 self._render_folder(dst_relpath)
             else:
                 self._render_file(src_relpath, dst_relpath)

copier/tools.py

@@ -258,9 +258,9 @@ def set_git_alternates(*repos: Path, path: Path = Path(".")) -> None:
     alternates_file.write_bytes(b"\n".join(map(bytes, map(get_git_objects_dir, repos))))
 
 
-def scantree(path: str) -> Iterator[os.DirEntry[str]]:
+def scantree(path: str, follow_symlinks: bool) -> Iterator[os.DirEntry[str]]:
     """A recursive extension of `os.scandir`."""
     for entry in os.scandir(path):
         yield entry
-        if entry.is_dir(follow_symlinks=False):
-            yield from scantree(entry.path)
+        if entry.is_dir(follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks):
+            yield from scantree(entry.path, follow_symlinks)

tests/test_symlinks.py

@@ -464,3 +464,18 @@ def test_recursive_symlink(tmp_path_factory: pytest.TempPathFactory) -> None:
     run_copy(str(src), dst, defaults=True, overwrite=True)
     assert (dst / "one" / "two" / "three" / "root").is_symlink()
     assert (dst / "one" / "two" / "three" / "root").readlink() == Path("../../../")
+
+
+def test_symlinked_dir_expanded(tmp_path_factory: pytest.TempPathFactory) -> None:
+    src, dst = map(tmp_path_factory.mktemp, ("src", "dst"))
+    build_file_tree(
+        {
+            src / "a_dir" / "a_file.txt": "some content",
+            src / "a_symlinked_dir": Path("a_dir"),
+            src / "a_nested" / "symlink": Path("../a_dir"),
+        }
+    )
+    run_copy(str(src), dst, defaults=True, overwrite=True)
+    assert (dst / "a_dir" / "a_file.txt").read_text() == "some content"
+    assert (dst / "a_symlinked_dir" / "a_file.txt").read_text() == "some content"
+    assert (dst / "a_nested" / "symlink" / "a_file.txt").read_text() == "some content"