From e895cf306988168ce14c6185a0fb6c6b1afb43b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pynappo <pynappo@proton.me>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2025 03:08:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] use readlink over realpath for links

---
 lua/neo-tree/sources/common/components.lua | 11 +++++------
 lua/neo-tree/sources/common/file-items.lua |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lua/neo-tree/sources/common/components.lua b/lua/neo-tree/sources/common/components.lua
index 1e69ca4d..812f6f74 100644
--- a/lua/neo-tree/sources/common/components.lua
+++ b/lua/neo-tree/sources/common/components.lua
@@ -662,14 +662,13 @@ end
 
 ---@param config neotree.Component.Common.SymlinkTarget
 M.symlink_target = function(config, node, _)
-  if node.is_link then
-    return {
-      text = string.format(config.text_format, node.link_to),
-      highlight = config.highlight or highlights.SYMBOLIC_LINK_TARGET,
-    }
-  else
+  if not node.is_link then
     return {}
   end
+  return {
+    text = string.format(config.text_format, node.link_to),
+    highlight = config.highlight or highlights.SYMBOLIC_LINK_TARGET,
+  }
 end
 
 ---@class (exact) neotree.Component.Common.Type : neotree.Component
diff --git a/lua/neo-tree/sources/common/file-items.lua b/lua/neo-tree/sources/common/file-items.lua
index 8394c0fc..ec6424fe 100644
--- a/lua/neo-tree/sources/common/file-items.lua
+++ b/lua/neo-tree/sources/common/file-items.lua
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function create_item(context, path, _type, bufnr)
   end
   if item.type == "link" then
     item.is_link = true
-    item.link_to = uv.fs_realpath(path)
+    item.link_to = uv.fs_readlink(path)
     if item.link_to ~= nil then
       item.type = uv.fs_stat(item.link_to).type
     end