Tailwind does not scan symlinks

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What version of Tailwind CSS are you using?

v4.1.18

What build tool (or framework if it abstracts the build tool) are you using?

vite 6.4.1

What version of Node.js are you using?

v12.22.9

What browser are you using?

Chrome

What operating system are you using?

Windows

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Describe your issue

1. I have @source "../../vendor/mine"; in my Laravel's resource/css/app.css
2. All the subfolders in mine are symlinks, e.g. ../../vendor/mine/symlink1/, ../../vendor/mine/package2/
3. Tailwind scanning does not traverse into these symlinks

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🔗 Similar Issues

Possible Duplicates

• @source not: Cannot ignore symlinked directory because symlink is optimized away #17985

Related Issues

• @source does not scan node_modules #19040
• @source glob wildcard ** does not discover files with same child folder name as parent folder #18062
• Source boundaries not respected in dev mode #18685
• Include glob path fails when path is also gitignored #18870

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[FragsterAt]

vendor is in .gitignore in default laravel projects, tailwind ignores files from .gitignore https://tailwindcss.com/docs/detecting-classes-in-source-files#which-files-are-scanned

[RobinMalfait]

As @FragsterAt mentioned, double check that the symlinked folders aren't ignored as well.

Can you share a minimal reproduction repo so we can take a look?