The "type" argument in fs.symlink about ied

[Hypercubed]

Actually I think you need to use 'junction' to avoid the permissions issue on windows. but to do so the paths must be absolute.

[fatfisz]

I've just tested this in cmd and it worked without problem, will read about this a bit more.

This should also solve #35. Also the absolute paths should not a problem in this case so everything should work out.

[fatfisz]

Ok, there's a serious problem with that: even changing the main project directory name will invalidate all of the junctions.
I think that's too big of a trade-off, because there won't be a way to warn Windows users when such a thing happens, whereas in the worst case of the symbolic link scenario they will be able to get an informative message.
Also, a new command would have to be made that regenerates all of the junctions, and it would only be useful for Windows users.

What do you think @alexanderGugel?

[Hypercubed]

I spent a long time today playing with this. I could not get ied to run without admin. You might have better luck. Take a look at this: https://github.com/npm/npm/blob/master/lib/utils/link.js

[fatfisz]

It seems that they also use junctions. Anyway, I'm looking into utilizing powershell for creating symlinks painlessly.

[alexanderGugel]

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[Hypercubed]

Yeah, from what I see ied (nom?) is much more symlink heavy. junction links my be a bad idea. Do you think using power shell will get around the need for admin?

[fatfisz]

I'm closing this, as it has been inactive for quite some time. I'm really sorry I didn't help with this as I promised.

[zkochan]

@fatfisz have you tried pnpm. It uses a symlinked node_modules as ied and supports Windows fine (uses junctions on Windows)