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Author random832
Recipients loewis, palaviv, random832
Date 2016-04-16.15:47:51
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Wouldn't the "symlink infinite loop" case be better handled by making it track where it's already been? This can be done by inode and dev number on Unix; I'm not sure what equivalent exists on Windows (though symlinks are uncommon on Windows) but you could fall back on realpath.
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