From cc2a3a645fab2cca8726afd030923f410fd44737 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin Cormack <justin.cormack@docker.com>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2017 13:06:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add support for symlinks in files section

Signed-off-by: Justin Cormack <justin.cormack@docker.com>
---
 cmd/moby/config.go | 14 +++++++++++++-
 cmd/moby/schema.go |  1 +
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/moby/config.go b/cmd/moby/config.go
index 90b807aa8..4d34613dd 100644
--- a/cmd/moby/config.go
+++ b/cmd/moby/config.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ type Moby struct {
 	Files    []struct {
 		Path      string
 		Directory bool
+		Symlink   string
 		Contents  string
 	}
 	Outputs []struct {
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ func filesystem(m *Moby) (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
 		if f.Path == "" {
 			return buf, errors.New("Did not specify path for file")
 		}
-		if !f.Directory && f.Contents == "" {
+		if !f.Directory && f.Contents == "" && f.Symlink == "" {
 			return buf, errors.New("Contents of file not specified")
 		}
 		// we need all the leading directories
@@ -477,6 +478,17 @@ func filesystem(m *Moby) (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
 			if err != nil {
 				return buf, err
 			}
+		} else if f.Symlink != "" {
+			hdr := &tar.Header{
+				Name:     f.Path,
+				Typeflag: tar.TypeSymlink,
+				Mode:     0600,
+				Linkname: f.Symlink,
+			}
+			err := tw.WriteHeader(hdr)
+			if err != nil {
+				return buf, err
+			}
 		} else {
 			hdr := &tar.Header{
 				Name: f.Path,
diff --git a/cmd/moby/schema.go b/cmd/moby/schema.go
index 379c480aa..e36354892 100644
--- a/cmd/moby/schema.go
+++ b/cmd/moby/schema.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ var schema = string(`
         "properties": {
           "path": {"type": "string"},
           "directory": {"type": "boolean"},
+          "symlink": {"type": "string"},
           "contents": {"type": "string"}
         }
     },