copy simlynks as files with composer. see...

copy simlynks as files with composer. see https://getcomposer.org/doc/05-repositories.md#private-packagist for details

.deploy_composer_files_to_server.yml

 .upload_composer_files: &upload_composer_files |
   if [ -d "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/vendor" ];
   then
-    rsync -avz --delete --chown=$user:$group -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -i $HOME/.ssh/deploy.key " $CI_PROJECT_DIR/vendor/ root@${!PROJECT_SERVER}::www/${!PROJECT_SITE}/$COMPOSER_SERVER_DIR;
+    rsync -L -avz --delete --chown=$user:$group -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o IdentitiesOnly=yes -i $HOME/.ssh/deploy.key " $CI_PROJECT_DIR/vendor/ root@${!PROJECT_SERVER}::www/${!PROJECT_SITE}/$COMPOSER_SERVER_DIR;
   fi
 
 .deploy_composer_files_to_server: