-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+echo Runnig meson-dist-script
+echo PWD=$(pwd)
+echo MESON_SOURCE_ROOT=$MESON_SOURCE_ROOT
+echo MESON_PROJECT_DIST_ROOT=$MESON_PROJECT_DIST_ROOT
+
+cd "$MESON_PROJECT_DIST_ROOT"
+
+# Get all symlinks
+symlinks=$(find . -type l)
+
+# Get the dereffed symbolic links (the actual files being pointed to) from the source dir
+# Extract them over the existing symbolic links
+tar -C "$MESON_SOURCE_ROOT" -hcf - $symlinks | tar -xf - -C "$MESON_PROJECT_DIST_ROOT"
-echo HI AM AM THE DIST SCRIPT
-pwd
-env