Downloaded folders in a zip file don't include linked files

[PedroTeixido]

We have 1.6.2 installed, and we often pack several files in a folder that is a single deliverable. So, when we have to release it, the download feature becomes very handy as dms will compress it all and download as a ZIP file.

The problem is that we have found that linked files in the folder wont be included in the zip. Adding them manually is not much of a hazel, but the risk of non realising that something is missing is big.

I have tried to patch it, but I didn't succeed. can anyone help please?

[picman]

If I compress a folder containing a link in OS, just a link is added to the archive. In our case I'd replace the link with the target file/folder instead. Otherwise it wouldn't make sense, I think. Especially in case of links between projects.

[picman]

I've just gone through the code...

1. Linked files are included into the archive if hadn't been already added. So eg.:

dir1/file1
link1->dir1/file1

will produce an archive containing just

dir1/file1

and not this as probably expected. But links are not supported; see below.

dir1/file1
file1

But, if we select just the link to zip:

link1->dir1/file1

the archive will contain the file:

file1

2. Only files from the current project are added to the archive.
3. The present version of rubyzip; library used for the compression doesn't support links:

def link(_fileName, _symlinkName)
  raise NotImplementedError, 'The link() function is not implemented'
end