From ffbf6b6c16c886e8cb677bbba99f659a2fc14762 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charlie Marsh <charlie.r.marsh@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2023 20:10:38 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid symlinking `RECORD` file (#227)

This is the one file that gets modified during installation. Hardlinking
it is bad!
---
 crates/install-wheel-rs/src/linker.rs | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/install-wheel-rs/src/linker.rs b/crates/install-wheel-rs/src/linker.rs
index fd73e183d..6856d8776 100644
--- a/crates/install-wheel-rs/src/linker.rs
+++ b/crates/install-wheel-rs/src/linker.rs
@@ -372,8 +372,12 @@ fn hardlink_wheel_files(
             continue;
         }
 
-        // Copy the file.
-        fs::hard_link(entry.path(), &out_path)?;
+        // Hardlink the file, unless it's the `RECORD` file, which we modify during installation.
+        if entry.path().ends_with("RECORD") {
+            fs::copy(entry.path(), &out_path)?;
+        } else {
+            fs::hard_link(entry.path(), &out_path)?;
+        }
 
         count += 1;
     }