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[🐧] Firmware manager does not follow symbolic links when scanning
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App: EmuHawk
re: Multiplatform
Repro: Affects 2.4.1
- Dominant language
- C#
- Stars
- 2.8k
- Forks
- 468
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Will revisit after #1415.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading issue #1415, then locate the firmware manager's scanning entry point and any related tests. Confirm how symbolic links are currently handled and define done as scanning firmware through those links without breaking ordinary paths.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100