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What version of ripgrep are you using?
ripgrep 14.1.1
features:+pcre2
simd(compile):+NEON
simd(runtime):+NEON
How did you install ripgrep?
brew
What operating system are you using ripgrep on?
macos
Describe your bug.
It seems that --ignore-file=valid-symlink-to-file generates a runtime error instead of loading the symlinked file:
rg: tags:: IO error for operation on tags:: No such file or directory (os error 2)
This is problematic for users trying to use dotfiles with something like stow which uses symlinks to track config files with git. ripgrep was the first tool I found that seems to not be symlink friendly
What are the steps to reproduce the behavior?
Create symlink to the ignore file and pass it via --ignore-file
What is the actual behavior?
rg: tags:: IO error for operation on tags:: No such file or directory (os error 2)
What is the expected behavior?
Read symlinks ignore files if they resolve and exit with error if they do not.