From 897ef161bf8aa9f954cc9af581171fab038b5180 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elijah Ahianyo <elijahahianyo@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 19:32:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix windows symlink bug (#248)

---
 pynecone/utils.py | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pynecone/utils.py b/pynecone/utils.py
index 2b6c09995..c7f1a9e7b 100644
--- a/pynecone/utils.py
+++ b/pynecone/utils.py
@@ -499,7 +499,15 @@ def setup_frontend():
     install_frontend_packages()
 
     # Link the assets folder.
-    ln(src=os.path.join("..", constants.APP_ASSETS_DIR), dest=constants.WEB_ASSETS_DIR)
+    if platform.system() == "Windows":
+        # copy asset files to public folder
+        mkdir(constants.WEB_ASSETS_DIR)
+        cp(src=constants.APP_ASSETS_DIR, dest=constants.WEB_ASSETS_DIR)
+    else:
+        ln(
+            src=os.path.join("..", constants.APP_ASSETS_DIR),
+            dest=constants.WEB_ASSETS_DIR,
+        )
 
 
 def run_frontend(app: App):