Is it possible to do “npm install” in those directories instead? Or to adjust 
the path so that require() works with the original node_modules directory?

Kindly,
Dmitry

> On Oct 27, 2015, at 10:31 PM, Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't think we thought of symlinks in this usecase. Probably worth adding
> in code that checks for symlinks before the copy. I don't see us removing
> this copy as the cordova scripts (build, run, install, etc) require those
> modules.
> 
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 9:24 PM, Dmitry Blotsky <dblot...@microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Ping. Anyone have any information on this? Is it safe to "cp -r” a
>> node_modules directory?
>> 
>> Kindly,
>> Dmitry
>> 
>>> On Oct 26, 2015, at 3:06 PM, Dmitry Blotsky <dblot...@microsoft.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hey folks,
>>> 
>>> I’ve come across a bug with symlinks and platform installation recently.
>> The point of interest is this line:
>> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fgithub.com%2fapache%2fcordova-ios%2fblob%2f4039aeb6f87c6803df5814b8cdefb8c2058504a0%2fbin%2flib%2fcreate.js%23L93.&data=01%7c01%7cdblotsky%40microsoft.com%7c2b31253a23cc4d165ed808d2de51c9ef%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=cyXGPBQPr9v46gc6DMDeC9zZkzda8bSCIoinEyAmKrs%3d
>>> 
>>> Is copying node_modules a safe operation? In my case there was a
>> relative symlink inside it when it was copied and as a result some
>> dependencies broke. The symlink was created by a previous invocation of
>> “npm link”.
>>> 
>>> Kindly,
>>> Dmitry
>> 
>> 

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