From bbe0fa934c1ef392d4087bf5eb7fcc17fc23d9d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: otavepto <153766569+otavepto@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 05:09:28 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix dir flattening for linux

---
 premake5-deps.lua | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/premake5-deps.lua b/premake5-deps.lua
index b9f631f6..63bb7c4f 100644
--- a/premake5-deps.lua
+++ b/premake5-deps.lua
@@ -363,10 +363,12 @@ for _, dep in pairs(deps_to_extract) do
         error('extraction failed')
     end
 
+    -- flatten dir by moving all folders contents outside (one level above)
+    print('flattening dir: ' .. out_folder)
     local folders = os.matchdirs(out_folder .. '/*')
-    for _, vv in pairs(folders) do
-        local inner_folder = os.realpath(vv)
-        local ok = os.execute('{COPYDIR} "' .. inner_folder  .. '" "' .. out_folder .. '"')
+    for _, inner_folder in pairs(folders) do
+        -- the weird "/*" at the end is not a mistake, premake uses cp cpmmand on linux, which won't copy inner dir otherwise
+        local ok = os.execute('{COPYDIR} "' .. inner_folder  .. '"/* "' .. out_folder .. '"')
         if not ok then
             error('copy dir failed, src=' .. inner_folder .. ', dest=' .. out_folder)
         end