From c7bad74b886d580959640f378f7b131a261308d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Brooks <52410024+jabrks@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 12:37:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(gatsby): Support symlinks in static directories (#25894)

---
 packages/gatsby/src/utils/get-static-dir.ts | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/gatsby/src/utils/get-static-dir.ts b/packages/gatsby/src/utils/get-static-dir.ts
index 77b0aedb9470e..96175d2070f8c 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/src/utils/get-static-dir.ts
+++ b/packages/gatsby/src/utils/get-static-dir.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ export const copyStaticDirs = (): void => {
     // filter out the static folders that don't exist
     .filter(themeStaticPath => fs.existsSync(themeStaticPath))
     // copy the files for each folder into the user's build
-    .map(folder => fs.copySync(folder, nodePath.join(process.cwd(), `public`)))
+    .map(folder =>
+      fs.copySync(folder, nodePath.join(process.cwd(), `public`), {
+        dereference: true,
+      })
+    )
 
   const staticDir = nodePath.join(process.cwd(), `static`)
   if (!fs.existsSync(staticDir)) return undefined