From 79632dd3c68bcc12900262234e00603deba58f3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: captain0xff <sayantandebin@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:15:28 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] App: handle symlinks in Application::processFiles &
 DocInfo::getDocPath

---
 src/App/Application.cpp   | 13 ++++++++++++-
 src/App/PropertyLinks.cpp |  3 ++-
 src/Base/FileInfo.cpp     | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/Base/FileInfo.h       |  8 ++++++++
 4 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/App/Application.cpp b/src/App/Application.cpp
index 60e18528fa..8c1851eabb 100644
--- a/src/App/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/App/Application.cpp
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ Document* Application::openDocumentPrivate(const char * FileName,
     if (!File.exists()) {
         std::stringstream str;
         str << "File '" << FileName << "' does not exist!";
-        throw Base::FileSystemError(str.str().c_str());
+        throw Base::FileSystemError(str.str());
     }
 
     // Before creating a new document we check whether the document is already open
@@ -2803,7 +2803,18 @@ std::list<std::string> Application::processFiles(const std::list<std::string>& f
     std::list<std::string> processed;
     Base::Console().log("Init: Processing command line files\n");
     for (const auto & it : files) {
+
         Base::FileInfo file(it);
+        // Can we safely remove the isSymlink check and directly query the canonical
+        // path for every string? The reason for avoiding it currently is that
+        // getCannonicalPath will log an error if the file doesn't exist
+        if (file.isSymlink()) {
+            if (auto cannonicalPath = file.getCannonicalPath()) {
+                file = Base::FileInfo(*cannonicalPath);
+            } else {
+                Base::Console().error("Failed to process symlink file: %s\n", file.filePath());
+            }
+        }
 
         Base::Console().log("Init:     Processing file: %s\n",file.filePath().c_str());
 
diff --git a/src/App/PropertyLinks.cpp b/src/App/PropertyLinks.cpp
index f7d65a4187..5cd4ff2d98 100644
--- a/src/App/PropertyLinks.cpp
+++ b/src/App/PropertyLinks.cpp
@@ -3349,7 +3349,8 @@ public:
             throw Base::RuntimeError("Owner document not saved");
         }
 
-        QDir docDir(QFileInfo(QString::fromUtf8(docPath)).absoluteDir());
+        QFileInfo docFileInfo{QString::fromUtf8(docPath)};
+        QDir docDir(docFileInfo.canonicalPath());
         if (!absolute) {
             path = QDir::cleanPath(docDir.absoluteFilePath(path));
             if (fullPath) {
diff --git a/src/Base/FileInfo.cpp b/src/Base/FileInfo.cpp
index 05983c8956..fddedc1c0e 100644
--- a/src/Base/FileInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/Base/FileInfo.cpp
@@ -425,6 +425,16 @@ bool FileInfo::isDir() const
     return false;
 }
 
+bool FileInfo::isSymlink() const
+{
+    fs::path path = stringToPath(FileName);
+    if (fs::exists(path)) {
+        return fs::is_symlink(path);
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 unsigned int FileInfo::size() const
 {
     unsigned int bytes {};
@@ -566,3 +576,24 @@ std::vector<Base::FileInfo> FileInfo::getDirectoryContent() const
 
     return list;
 }
+
+std::optional<std::string> FileInfo::getSymlinkTarget()
+{
+    fs::path path = stringToPath(FileName);
+    if (isSymlink()) {
+        return pathToString(fs::read_symlink(path));
+    }
+    return std::nullopt;
+}
+
+std::optional<std::string> FileInfo::getCannonicalPath()
+{
+    try {
+        fs::path path = stringToPath(FileName);
+        return pathToString(fs::canonical(path));
+    }
+    catch (const fs::filesystem_error& e) {
+        std::clog << e.what() << '\n';
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Base/FileInfo.h b/src/Base/FileInfo.h
index 9d551c4f19..e9796aef21 100644
--- a/src/Base/FileInfo.h
+++ b/src/Base/FileInfo.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include <optional>
 
 #include <FCGlobal.h>
 
@@ -125,6 +126,8 @@ public:
     bool isFile() const;
     /// Checks if it is a directory (not a file)
     bool isDir() const;
+    /// Checks if it is a symbolic link (returns false if the file doesn't exist)
+    bool isSymlink() const;
     /// The size of the file
     unsigned int size() const;
     /// Returns the time when the file was last modified.
@@ -153,6 +156,11 @@ public:
     /// Rename the file
     bool copyTo(const char* NewName) const;
 
+    /// Returns the folder or directory the symlink points
+    std::optional<std::string> getSymlinkTarget();
+    /// Returns the absolute path without any "..", "." or symlinks
+    std::optional<std::string> getCannonicalPath();
+
     /** @name Tools */
     //@{
     /// Get a unique File Name in the given or (if 0) in the temp path