From 77c9b7233ef6555ad23be3ef1756565e5b590274 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JP Driver <jp.driver@formidable.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:28:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] dont bail when using symlinks

---
 src/util/assert.js       | 11 +++--------
 src/util/start-server.js |  6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/util/assert.js b/src/util/assert.js
index cbefef1..80d7b5b 100644
--- a/src/util/assert.js
+++ b/src/util/assert.js
@@ -43,14 +43,9 @@ function isOwnDependency(packageName) {
   }
 }
 
-function isNotSymlinked(packageName) {
+function isSymlinked(packageName) {
   const packagePath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', packageName);
-  if (isSymlink.sync(packagePath)) {
-    exitWith(
-      `Package ${packageName} appears to be symlinked. ` +
-      'Overwriting symlinks is not currently supported. Unlink package and try again.'
-    );
-  }
+  return isSymlink.sync(packagePath)
 }
 
 module.exports = {
@@ -59,5 +54,5 @@ module.exports = {
   whackageJsonDoesntExist,
   isValidModule,
   isOwnDependency,
-  isNotSymlinked
+  isSymlinked
 };
diff --git a/src/util/start-server.js b/src/util/start-server.js
index b583c31..207cc87 100644
--- a/src/util/start-server.js
+++ b/src/util/start-server.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const chokidar = require('chokidar');
 const assert = require('./assert');
 const syncAll = require('./sync-all');
@@ -32,7 +33,10 @@ module.exports = function startServer() {
   // initial sync
   for (const key in packageLookup) {
     if (packageLookup.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
-      assert.isNotSymlinked(packageLookup[key]);
+      if (assert.isSymlinked(packageLookup[key])) {
+        const packagePath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', packageLookup[key]);
+        fs.removeSync(packageLookup[key]);
+      }
       syncAll(ROOT_PATH, key, packageLookup[key], exclude);
     }
   }

From 76504ef9f7af53a705c619cac7ff232b1056b8e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JP Driver <jp.driver@formidable.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 11:17:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] should be passing packagePath to removeSync

---
 src/util/start-server.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/util/start-server.js b/src/util/start-server.js
index 207cc87..f6f224d 100644
--- a/src/util/start-server.js
+++ b/src/util/start-server.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ module.exports = function startServer() {
     if (packageLookup.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
       if (assert.isSymlinked(packageLookup[key])) {
         const packagePath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', packageLookup[key]);
-        fs.removeSync(packageLookup[key]);
+        fs.removeSync(packagePath);
       }
       syncAll(ROOT_PATH, key, packageLookup[key], exclude);
     }