Symlinks become normal directories when cookiecutter is run

• Cookiecutter version: master
• Template project url:
• Python version: 3.5
• Operating System: OSX

Description:

Symlinks within cookiecutter templates are copied as directories rather than as symlinks.

What I’ve run:

Here’s a cookiecutter template with just the name variable in cookiecutter.json:

12:42 $ tree symlink-cc/
symlink-cc/
├── cookiecutter.json
└── {{\ cookiecutter.name\ }}
    ├── original
    │   └── afile.txt
    └── symlink -> original

I can successfully run cookiecutter.

12:38 $ cookiecutter symlink-cc
name [pjb]: pjb

In the output, the symlink turns into a standard directory.

12:42 $ tree pjb/
pjb/
├── original
│   └── afile.txt
└── symlink

Working on a PR that should fix this.

[michaeljoseph]

Nice catch @pjbull! We look forward to your PR 😃

[seanh]

Symlinks become normal directories when cookiecutter is run I believe this is the intended behavior of cookiecutter and we have cookiecutters that rely on this feature