{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/m-labs/misoc/issues/35","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/m-labs/misoc","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/m-labs/misoc/issues/35/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/m-labs/misoc/issues/35/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/m-labs/misoc/issues/35/events","html_url":"https://github.com/m-labs/misoc/issues/35","id":138558767,"number":35,"title":"Usage of symlinks on Windows is not convenient","user":{"login":"enjoy-digital","id":1450143,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1450143?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/enjoy-digital","html_url":"https://github.com/enjoy-digital","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/enjoy-digital/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/enjoy-digital/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/enjoy-digital/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/enjoy-digital/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/enjoy-digital/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/enjoy-digital/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/enjoy-digital/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/enjoy-digital/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/enjoy-digital/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2016-03-04T19:09:07Z","updated_at":"2016-03-04T19:09:07Z","closed_at":null,"body":"On windows, we need to run the console as administrator to use symlinks which is very un-convenient.\r\nCan I change this: https://github.com/m-labs/misoc/blob/master/misoc/integration/builder.py#L110\r\nwith this:\r\n````python\r\nif sys.platform == \"win32\":\r\n    # using symlinks on Windows is not convenient (console\r\n    # needs to be run as administrator), copy Makefile instead.\r\n    shutil.copy(src, dst)\r\nelse:\r\n    os.symlink(src, dst)"}}