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Add fine detail on fingerprinting a dir containing symbolic links #568

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Add fine detail on fingerprinting a dir containing symbolic links
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16 changes: 13 additions & 3 deletions cmd/kosli/fingerprint.go
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Expand Up @@ -16,9 +16,19 @@ exclude ^zam/file.txt^ which is relative to the DIR-PATH.
The supported glob pattern syntax is what is documented here: https://pkg.go.dev/path/filepath#Match ,
plus the ability to use recursive globs "**"

If the directory structure contains symbolic links to a file the content of the file it points to is included in the
fingerprint calculation. If a symbolic link points to a directory the path it is pointing to is include in the
fingerprint calculation.
If the directory structure contains a symbolic link to a *file* (for example, a link 'from/this/file' and a target of 'to/another/file') then:
- the name of the link ('from/this/file') *is* included in the fingerprint.
- the name of the link ('from/this/file') *is* subject to ^.kosli_ignore^ entries.
- the name of the target ('to/another/file') is *not* included in the fingerprint.
- the content of target *is* included in the fingerprint, even if the target is outside the root directory being fingerprinted.

If the directory structure contains a symbolic link to a *directory* (for example, a link 'from/this/dir' and a target of 'to/another/dir') then:
- the name of the link ('from/this/dir') *is* included in the fingerprint.
- the name of the link ('from/this/dir') *is* subject to ^.kosli_ignore^ entries.
- the name of the target ('to/another/dir') *is* included in the fingerprint, even if the target is outside the root directory being fingerprinted.
- the name of the target ('to/another/dir') is *not* subject to ^.kosli_ignore^ entries.
- the content of the target is *not* included in the fingerprint.


` + kosliIgnoreDesc

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