Ember-link-after-build

General Information

What is ember-link-after-build?

This addon symlinks a src folder in the build directory on the postBuild hook of the ember build task. It runs in development mode(by default).

Why does this help?

Long build times suck. The shorter the build time, the more productive we can be.

In the build process, there are many static files that are not processed at all. Since the default build process is just to copy the files to your build folder, the minimalist way is to symlink instead of copy the files.

###Results Our images assets folder is 77 MB. By removing the copying step in the build task, we reduced our initial build time from ~15 seconds to ~12 seconds, and subsequent build times (in ember build --watch) from ~6-8 seconds to ~2-3 seconds. Obviously, the larger the src folder, the more time you will save.

###To Contribute

1. Clone this directory
2. Run tests: npm run test

How to Use / Configuration

1. Add "ember-link-after-build": "^1.0.1" to your package.json inside the dependencies hash file:

   //package.json
   
   dependencies: {
   ...
   "ember-link-after-build": "^1.0.1",
   ...
   

2. In your ember project, run npm install

3. By default, it will symlink the assets/images folder when running in development mode. You can override the configuration by adding link-after-build.js in the config folder of your ember project.

4. module.exports = {
     environments: [ "development" ],
     assetPaths: [ "asset/images" ]
   };
   

5. In your ember-cli-build.js don't import the src folder in the target environment.

   Example:

   // Images.
     if (ENV !== 'development') {
     var images = new Funnel('assets/images', {
     srcDir: '/',
     include: ['**/*'],
     destDir: '/assets/images'
     });
   
     output.push( images );
   }