Enable optional symlink following for fs source #4565
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mcastorina
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| cleanPath := filepath.Clean(path) | ||
| fileInfo, err := os.Lstat(cleanPath) | ||
| var fileInfo fs.FileInfo | ||
| var err error | ||
| if s.followSymlinks { | ||
| fileInfo, err = os.Stat(cleanPath) | ||
| } else { | ||
| fileInfo, err = os.Lstat(cleanPath) | ||
| } |
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Suggestion: I think this can be simplified via filepath.EvalSymlinks:
cleanPath := filepath.Clean(path)
if s.followSymlinks {
var err error
cleanPath, err = filepath.EvalSymlinks(path)
if err != nil { /* ... */ }
}
mcastorina
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| if fileInfo.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 { | ||
| if !s.followSymlinks && fileInfo.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 { |
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fileInfo.Mode() would always be non-symlink if os.Stat is used, right? Since Stat follows symlinks.
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Description:
Adds an option to follow symlinks in the fs source.
Checklist:
make test-community)?make lintthis requires golangci-lint)?