luarocks_ln.lua

#!/usr/bin/env lua

-- Does a "luarocks make" with symlinks from your source tree instead of copying
-- Run with "lua luarocks_ln.lua make <rockspec>" at the root of the source tree

local command_line = require("luarocks.command_line")

local fs = require("luarocks.fs")

require "lfs"

fs.copy = function (src, dest)
  if src:sub(1,1) ~= "/" then
    src = lfs.currentdir() .. "/" .. src
  end 
  if os.execute("ln -fs " .. src .. " " .. dest) == 0 then
    return true
  else
    return false
  end
end

fs.move = function (src, dest)
  if os.execute("mv " ..  src .. " " .. dest) == 0 then
    return true
  else
    return false
  end
end

program_name = "luarocks"
program_description = "LuaRocks main command-line interface"

commands = {}
commands.help = require("luarocks.help")
commands.make = require("luarocks.make")

command_line.run_command(...)