jdk-with-symlinks.tar jdk-with-symlinks/bin jdk-with-symlinks/file jdk-with-symlinks/zulu-11.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/file Something here...

        def actualDir = file("actualDir").createDir()
        file("symlink1").createLink(actualDir)
        file("symlink2").createLink(actualDir)

        buildFile << """
            task myTask {
                def outputFile = file("build/output.txt")
                inputs.dir("symlink1")
                inputs.dir("symlink2")
                outputs.file(outputFile)

        stat.length == 0
        assertSameAccessType(stat, VIA_SYMLINK)
    }

    @Requires(UnitTestPreconditions.Symlinks)
    def "stats symlink pointing to symlink pointing to file"() {
        def file = tmpDir.file("file")
        file.text = "123"
        def link = tmpDir.file("link")
        link.createLink(file)
        def linkToLink = tmpDir.file("linkToLink")
        linkToLink.createLink(link)

	case "plan9":
		return false, ""
	case "android", "wasip1":
		// For wasip1, some runtimes forbid absolute symlinks,
		// or symlinks that escape the current working directory.
		// Perform a simple test to see whether the runtime
		// supports symlinks or not. If we get a permission
		// error, the runtime does not support symlinks.
		dir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "")
		if err != nil {
			return false, ""
		}
		defer func() {

import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;

/**
 * Represents the Symlink facilities available on JDK 7 or better on Windows.
 * <p>
 * This subclass is used so that we don't accidentally start creating Symlinks
 * on Windows where it is often not safe to assume that a normal user will
 * have permission to use them.
 */

    @Requires(UnitTestPreconditions.Symlinks)
    def 'can create and detect symlinks'() {
        def symlink = new Jdk7Symlink(TestFiles.tmpDirTemporaryFileProvider(temporaryFolder.createDir("tmp")))
        def testDirectory = temporaryFolder.getTestDirectory().createDir()

        when:
        symlink.symlink(new File(testDirectory, 'testFile'), testDirectory.createFile('symFile'))

        then:

     *
     * <ul>
     *     <li>a directory, then its contents are removed recursively,</li>
     *     <li>a file or a symlink, then it is deleted and a directory is created in its place,</li>
     *     <li>non-existent, then a directory is created in its place.</li>
     * </ul>
     *
     * Does not follow symlinks.
     *
     * @return {@code true} if anything was removed, {@code false} if no change was

    }

    /**
     * Returns if symlinks should be followed when doing a delete.
     *
     * @return true if symlinks will be followed.
     */
    @Input
    public boolean isFollowSymlinks() {
        return followSymlinks;
    }

    /**
     * Set if symlinks should be followed. If the platform doesn't support symlinks, then this will have no effect.
     *

	symlinkOnce.Do(initWinHasSymlink)

	switch winSymlinkErr {
	case nil:
		return true, ""
	case syscall.EWINDOWS:
		return false, ": symlinks are not supported on your version of Windows"
	case syscall.ERROR_PRIVILEGE_NOT_HELD:
		return false, ": you don't have enough privileges to create symlinks"
	}

	return false, ""

rm .git

# build rejects symlinks
[symlink] symlink x.tzt -> x.txt
[symlink] ! go build -x
[symlink] stderr 'pattern [*]t: cannot embed irregular file x.tzt'
[symlink] rm x.tzt

# build rejects empty directories
mkdir t
! go build -x
stderr '^x.go:5:12: pattern [*]t: cannot embed directory t: contains no embeddable files$'

# build ignores symlinks and invalid names in directories
cp x.txt t/.git