Set up folder junctions (hard symlinks) for easier use of the base urho3d editor with other projects' assets

urhoproj-setup-symlinks.lua

local lfs = require("lfs")

local projectFolderName = "rock"

local baseUrhoPath = "F:/urro/Urho3D/bin/Data/"

local projectPath = "F:/urro/caracas-jam-winter2-2022-rock/bin/Data/"

local foldersToAddLinkIn = {
    "Fonts",
    "Music",
    "Materials",
    "Models",
    "Objects",
    "Particle",
    "Scenes",
    "Sounds",
    "Textures",
    "UI",
    "Urho2D"
}

---@param path string
local function ConvertToBackslashes(path)
    return path:gsub("%/", "\\")
end

for dirName, _ in lfs.dir(baseUrhoPath) do
    if not(dirName == "." or dirName == ".." or dirName:match("%.lua")) then
        for _, entry in ipairs(foldersToAddLinkIn) do
            if dirName == entry and lfs.attributes(baseUrhoPath .. dirName).mode == "directory" then
                -- create folder if not exists
                lfs.chdir(baseUrhoPath .. dirName)

                local baseFolder = baseUrhoPath .. dirName .. "/" .. projectFolderName
                local linkFolder = projectPath .. dirName .. "/" .. projectFolderName

                if not(lfs.attributes(baseUrhoPath .. dirName .. "/" .. projectFolderName)) then
                    lfs.mkdir(projectFolderName)
                end

                if not(lfs.attributes(projectPath .. dirName .. "/" .. projectFolderName)) then
                    --lfs.link(baseUrhoPath .. dirName .. "/" .. projectFolderName, projectPath .. dirName .. "/" .. projectFolderName)
                    local command = "mklink /J \"" .. ConvertToBackslashes(linkFolder) .. "\" \"" .. ConvertToBackslashes(baseFolder) .. "\""
                    print(command)
                    local popenHandle = io.popen(command)
                    if popenHandle then
                        popenHandle:close()
                    end

                    -- print(lfs.attributes(baseUrhoPath .. dirName).mode)
                end

                lfs.chdir(baseUrhoPath)
            end
        end

    end

end