copySync('my_symlink') always dereferences the symlink

[maikokuppe]

Given this folder structure

file.txt
my_symlink -> file.txt

running one of these commands

fs.copySync('my_symlink', 'my_symlink_copy')
fs.copySync('my_symlink', 'my_symlink_copy', { dereference: false })
fs.copySync('my_symlink', 'my_symlink_copy', { dereference: true })

yields

file.txt
my_symlink -> file.txt
my_symlink_copy // this is a hardlink

This workaround works though:

fs.copySync('my_symlink', 'my_symlink_copy', { recursive: true })

[manidlou]

@maikokuppe recursive option has never been documented. In fact, I brought it up in #424. When recursive option is removed from the copySync() source code, your first command will most likely return the expected result.

[manidlou]

Fixed in 5.0.0 🎉