ThinkR-open / ThinkR-open/squash
refactor: instead of copying the _extension folder, maybe create a symlink?
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Description
Description
When compiling with compile_qmd_course(), the _extensions folder is copied and deleted.
If we have a lot of extensions, this might be slow, this might be easier to make a symlink instead of copying it.
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Start at compile_qmd_course() and trace where the _extensions folder is copied and deleted during compilation. Assess whether replacing that step with a symlink preserves the generated Quarto output, and consider the work complete when extension-heavy courses compile successfully without copying the folder.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100