get rid of the symlink thing and just recreate the config directory each time

Gemfile.lock

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ GEM
   specs:
     autotest (4.4.2)
     diff-lcs (1.1.2)
-    mocha (0.9.9)
+    mocha (0.9.10)
       rake
     nokogiri (1.4.3.1)
     rainbow (1.1)

lib/apache/config.rb

@@ -92,15 +92,17 @@ module Apache
       def build(target, &block)
         config = build_and_return(&block)
 
+        if !disabled?
           FileUtils.mkdir_p File.split(target).first
           File.open(target, 'w') { |file| file.puts generate_config_file(config) * "\n" }
           @was_written = true
+        end
 
         config
       end
 
-      # If included in a configuration, will not generate the symlink in the Rake task
+      # If included in a configuration, will not generate the config file in the Rake task
-      def disable_symlink!
+      def disable!
         @is_disabled = true
       end
 
@@ -113,9 +115,7 @@ module Apache
       end
 
       def generate_config_file(config)
-        output = [ "# Generated by apache-config-generator #{Time.now.to_s}", config ]
+        [ "# Generated by apache-config-generator #{Time.now.to_s}", config ].flatten
-        output.unshift('# disabled') if @is_disabled
-        output.flatten
       end
 
       # Reset the current settings

lib/apache/rake/apache/create.rb

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace :apache do
 
     Apache::Config.rotate_logs_path = config[:rotate_logs_path]
 
+    FileUtils.rm_rf config[:destination_path]
     FileUtils.mkdir_p config[:destination_path]
     Dir.chdir config[:destination_path]
 
@@ -47,8 +48,6 @@ namespace :apache do
         puts output
       end
     end
-
-    symlink_configs!
   end
 
   desc "List all possible environments"

lib/apache/rake/support.rb

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module Apache
       end
 
       def config_paths!
-        [ :source, :destination, :symlink ].each do |which|
+        [ :source, :destination ].each do |which|
           begin
             @config[:"#{which}_path"] = File.expand_path(@config[which])
           rescue StandardError
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ module Apache
       end
 
       def get_environments
-        config[:source_path] = File.expand_path(config[:source])
-
         Dir[File.join(config[:source_path], '**', '*.rb')].collect { |file|
           File.readlines(file).find_all { |line| line[%r{(if_environment|build_if)}] }.collect { |line| line.scan(%r{:[a-z_]+}) }
         }.flatten.uniq.sort.collect { |name| name[1..-1] }
@@ -60,23 +58,6 @@ module Apache
         puts "rake apache:default[#{get_environments.first}]"
         exit 1
       end
-
-      def symlink_configs!
-        raise Errno::ENOENT if !File.directory?(config[:destination_path])
-
-        FileUtils.rm_rf(config[:symlink_path])
-        FileUtils.mkdir_p(config[:symlink_path])
-
-        Dir[File.join(config[:destination_path], '**/*')].find_all { |file| File.file?(file) }.each do |file|
-          if line = File.read(file).first
-            if !line['# disabled']
-              target = file.gsub(config[:destination_path], config[:symlink_path])
-              FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.split(target).first)
-              FileUtils.ln_sf(file, target)
-            end
-          end
-        end
-      end
     end
   end
 end

skel/config.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 source:       "source"
-destination:  "conf.d-original"
+destination:  "conf.d"
-symlink:      "conf.d"
 rotate_logs_path: '/path/to/apache/bin/rotatelogs'

spec/apache/config_spec.rb

@@ -33,32 +33,38 @@ describe Apache::Config, "builds configurations" do
     end
   end
 
-  describe '.disable_symlink!' do
+  describe '.disable!' do
     context 'is enabled by default' do
       it { apache.instance_variable_get(:@is_disabled).should be_false }
       it { apache.disabled?.should be_false }
+
+      context 'writes config' do
+        before {
+          FileUtils.expects(:mkdir_p).once
+          File.expects(:open).once
+          apache.build("here") { cats }
+        }
+
+        it { apache.written?.should == true }
+      end
     end
 
     context 'disable' do
-      before { apache.disable_symlink! }
+      before { apache.disable! }
 
       it { apache.instance_variable_get(:@is_disabled).should be_true }
       it { apache.disabled?.should be_true }
+
+      context 'does not write config' do
+        before {
+          FileUtils.expects(:mkdir_p).never
+          File.expects(:open).never
+          apache.build("here") { disable!; cats }
+        }
+
+        it { apache.written?.should == false }
       end
     end
-
-  describe '.generate_config_file' do
-    subject { apache.generate_config_file(%w{config}) }
-
-    context 'with symlink' do
-      its(:first) { should_not == '# disabled' }
-    end
-
-    context 'without symlink' do
-      before { apache.disable_symlink! }
-
-      its(:first) { should == '# disabled' }
-    end
   end
 
   it "should handle indent" do

spec/apache/rake/support_spec.rb

@@ -6,14 +6,12 @@ describe Apache::Rake::Support do
 
   let(:source) { '/source' }
   let(:destination) { '/destination/available' }
-  let(:symlink) { '/destination/enabled' }
 
   describe 'config_paths!' do
     before {
       @config = {
         :source => 'cats',
-        :destination => 'dogs',
+        :destination => 'dogs'
-        :symlink => 'cows'
       }
     }
 
@@ -21,79 +19,5 @@ describe Apache::Rake::Support do
 
     its([:source_path]) { should == File.expand_path('cats') }
     its([:destination_path]) { should == File.expand_path('dogs') }
-    its([:symlink_path]) { should == File.expand_path('cows') }
-  end
-
-  describe 'symlink_configs!' do
-    before {
-      @config = {
-        :source_path => source,
-        :destination_path => destination,
-        :symlink_path => symlink
-      }
-    }
-
-    subject { symlink_configs! }
-
-    context 'source does not exist' do
-      before { File.expects(:directory?).with(destination).returns(false) }
-
-      it { expect { subject }.to raise_error(Errno::ENOENT) }
-    end
-
-    context 'source does exist' do
-      before {
-        File.expects(:directory?).with(destination).returns(true)
-        FileUtils.expects(:rm_rf).with(symlink)
-        FileUtils.expects(:mkdir_p).with(symlink)
-        Dir.expects(:[]).with(File.join(destination, '**/*')).returns(dir_return)
-      }
-
-      context 'with no configs' do
-        let(:dir_return) { [] }
-
-        before { FileUtils.expects(:ln_sf).never }
-
-        it { subject }
-      end
-
-      context 'with one config' do
-        let(:filename) { File.join(destination, 'dogs/cats') }
-        let(:dir_return) { [ filename ] }
-
-        before { File.expects(:file?).with(filename).returns(is_file_result) }
-
-        context 'is a directory' do
-          let(:is_file_result) { false }
-
-          it { subject }
-        end
-
-        context 'is a file' do
-          let(:is_file_result) { true }
-
-          before { File.expects(:read).with(filename).returns(read_result) }
-
-          context 'config should not be symlinked' do
-            let(:read_result) { ['# disabled'] }
-
-            before { FileUtils.expects(:ln_sf).never }
-
-            it { subject }
-          end
-
-          context 'config should be symlinked' do
-            let(:read_result) { ['# whatever'] }
-
-            before {
-              FileUtils.expects(:mkdir_p).with(File.join(symlink, 'dogs'))
-              FileUtils.expects(:ln_sf).with(filename, filename.gsub(destination, symlink))
-            }
-
-            it { subject }
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
   end
 end