def link_files()

in scripts/util.py [0:0]

• 18 lines of code
• 3 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def link_files(name, src, dst):
    """Link file dst/name to file src/name, return number skipped"""

    src_name = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(src, name))
    dst_name = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(dst, name))

    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(dst_name), exist_ok=True)
    src_link = os.path.relpath(src_name, os.path.dirname(dst_name))

    if os.path.basename(name) in COPY_INSTEAD:
        install_method = ("copy", shutil.copyfile)
        src_link = src_name
    else:
        install_method = ("symlink", os.symlink)

    if os.path.exists(dst_name):
        logging.warning("Skipping %s %s -> %s: file exists",
                        install_method[0], name, src_link)
        return 1

    logging.warning(
        "Creating %s %s -> %s", install_method[0], name, src_link)
    install_method[1](src_link, dst_name)
    return 0