Fix build crash caused by broken symlinks#46
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When a dangling symlink exists in the docs directory, shutil.copyfile raises an exception that crashes the entire build. Check for broken symlinks before copying, log a warning, and skip the file instead of crashing. Closes mkdocs/mkdocs#3785
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When a dangling symlink exists in the docs directory, shutil.copyfile raises an exception that crashes the entire build. Check for broken symlinks before copying, log a warning, and skip the file instead of crashing.
Closes mkdocs/mkdocs#3785
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