From c9342fe438da4dfc55c264344ca21690df337a35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anish K <akneni@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:51:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Minor changes

---
 src/package_manager.rs |  2 ++
 src/utils.rs           | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/package_manager.rs b/src/package_manager.rs
index 7cb88f2..d515588 100644
--- a/src/package_manager.rs
+++ b/src/package_manager.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::config::{self, Config, Dependnecy};
 use crate::constants::{CONFIG_FILE, PACKAGE_CONFIG_FILE, PACKAGE_DIR};
 use crate::kiln_package::{self, KilnPackageConfig};
+use crate::utils;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
@@ -588,6 +589,7 @@ fn copy_deps_global_to_local(pkg: &Package, dep_type: DepType) -> Result<(), Pkg
                 }
 
                 dbg!(&global_p);
+
                 fs::copy(global_p, new_p)?;
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 5217b42..c12c395 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ pub fn expand_user(path: &str) -> String {
 }
 
 /// Prints a warning message in a standardized way
+/// This is used to print warnings related to static analysis
 pub fn print_warning(
     warning_source: &str,
     filename: &str,
@@ -167,3 +168,22 @@ pub fn print_warning(
     );
     println!("{}\n", err_msg);
 }
+
+
+pub(super) fn create_symlink<T: AsRef<Path>>(src_file: T, dst_link: T) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+    #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
+    {
+        std::os::unix::fs::symlink(src_file, dst_link)?;
+    }
+    #[cfg(target_family = "windows")]
+    {
+        if original.is_file() {
+            std::os::windows::fs::symlink_file(src_file, dst_link)
+        } else if original.is_dir() {
+            std::os::windows::fs::symlink_dir(src_file, dst_link)
+        } else {
+            Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "Original path is neither a file nor a directory."))
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
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