Rind Modules

Build a symlink tree to turn a module-based file hierarchy into an entity based one

├── modules  // input directory
│   ├── aaa
│   │   └── bbb.mod
│   │       ├── assets
│   │       │   └── img
│   │       │       └── file.txt
│   │       ├── lib
│   │       │   └── file.txt
│   │       └── templates
│   │           └── file.txt
│   └── ccc.mod
│       ├── assets
│       │   └── img
│       │       └── file.txt
│       └── templates
│           └── file.txt
└── output  // output directory
    ├── assets
    │   └── img  // mapped a sub-directory
    │       ├── aaa
    │       │   └── bbb -> ../../../../modules/aaa/bbb.mod/assets/img
    │       └── ccc -> ../../../modules/ccc.mod/assets/img
    ├── lib
    │   └── aaa
    │       └── bbb -> ../../../modules/aaa/bbb.mod/lib
    └── templates
        ├── aaa
        │   └── bbb -> ../../../modules/aaa/bbb.mod/templates
        └── ccc -> ../../modules/ccc.mod/templates

Modules are identified by having a .mod extension on their directory. Modules cannot be nested inside eachother, but can be nested inside a directory tree to allow grouping of related modules. For example:

modules/
  user/
    login.mod ...
    signup.mod ...

Usage

var rindModules = require('rind-modules');

// object describing module top-level directories to map
var anatomy = {
  lib: true,        // map the `lib` directory
  templates: true,  // map the `templates` directory
  assets: {         // map the `assets` directory and
    sub: true       // its `sub`directories
  }
}

rindModules({
  anatomy: anatomy,
  input: __dirname,
  output: __dirname + '/output',
  // rm: true, // use with caution - deletes any existing targets in the output directory
  verbose: true,
});