Adding condition for skipping symlinks when installing extensions via the extension manager

MiguelCastillo · MiguelCastillo · commit d0ce3ca5723f · 2013-11-08T23:18:21.000-05:00
When installing extensions that have symlinks via the extension manager, they will fail with a message regarding an invalid zip file. This can be tested with https://github.com/MiguelCastillo/Brackets-SymbolicLinks
diff --git a/src/extensibility/node/package-validator.js b/src/extensibility/node/package-validator.js
@@ -309,7 +309,10 @@ function extractAndValidateFiles(zipPath, extractDir, options, callback) {
     });
     
     unzipper.extract({
-        path: extractDir
+        path: extractDir,
+        filter: function (file) {
+            return file.type !== "SymbolicLink";
+        }
     });
 }
 
