Ignore symlinks in the tree walk

Trying to open a symlink directly doesn't go well, and may reference things outside the repository. Assuming that a symlink doesn't need to be independently opened and checked as if the file is in the repository it'll get picked up elsewhere, and this would just be a dupe, or if it's external it's not part of the repository and not entirely useful to check anyway. If it's a symlink, just skip it. Signed-off-by: John 'Warthog9' Hawley <[email protected]>
enarx · Apr 5, 2024 · cd33ec0 · cd33ec0
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diff --git a/verify-spdx-headers b/verify-spdx-headers
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ class Index:
             for file in files:
                 path = os.path.join(root, file)
 
+                # If the file is a symlink, don't bother
+                if os.path.islink( path ):
+                    continue
+
                 # Find the language of the file.
                 language = self.language(path)
                 if language is None: