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Diffstat (limited to 'finder/finder.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | finder/finder.go | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/finder/finder.go b/finder/finder.go index b4834b16b..c5196c8de 100644 --- a/finder/finder.go +++ b/finder/finder.go @@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ type CacheParams struct { // RootDirs are the root directories used to initiate the search RootDirs []string + // Whether symlinks are followed. If set, symlinks back to their own parent + // directory don't work. + FollowSymlinks bool + // ExcludeDirs are directory names that if encountered are removed from the search ExcludeDirs []string @@ -1415,9 +1419,14 @@ func (f *Finder) listDirSync(dir *pathMap) { // If stat fails this is probably a broken or dangling symlink, treat it as a file. subfiles = append(subfiles, child.Name()) } else if childStat.IsDir() { - // Skip symlink dirs. - // We don't have to support symlink dirs because - // that would cause duplicates. + // Skip symlink dirs if not requested otherwise. Android has a number + // of symlinks creating infinite source trees which would otherwise get + // us in an infinite loop. + // TODO(b/197349722): Revisit this once symlink loops are banned in the + // source tree. + if f.cacheMetadata.Config.FollowSymlinks { + subdirs = append(subdirs, child.Name()) + } } else { // We do have to support symlink files because the link name might be // different than the target name |