From 69dea2b8b387ef8b64fb193d24becbab5809d00b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Herbert Maschke <thyseus@pm.me>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:28:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] improve the way linked categories are copied

---
 .../Webkul/Product/src/Repositories/ProductRepository.php    | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/Webkul/Product/src/Repositories/ProductRepository.php b/packages/Webkul/Product/src/Repositories/ProductRepository.php
index 2afa8ccb5..be532d14e 100755
--- a/packages/Webkul/Product/src/Repositories/ProductRepository.php
+++ b/packages/Webkul/Product/src/Repositories/ProductRepository.php
@@ -662,7 +662,10 @@ class ProductRepository extends Repository
 
         if (! in_array('categories', $attributesToSkip)) {
             foreach ($originalProduct->categories as $category) {
-                $copiedProduct->categories()->save($category->replicate());
+                DB::table('product_categories')->insert([
+                    'product_id'  => $copiedProduct->id,
+                    'category_id' => $category->id,
+                ]);
             }
         }