[Feature Request] Allow plenary.scandir to follow symbolic links

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3/5
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1-2 days
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35/100
Issue type
Feature
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Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
lua
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start at the plenary.scandir entry point and inspect how directory entries and symbolic links are currently handled. Compare the desired behavior with the linked rg and fd options; done means callers can opt to follow symbolic links without changing the default behavior.

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Description

I've been mucking around with whaler.nvim recently and I've been trying to figure out how to make my setup work- and I don't think I can with the current tools. Whaler depends on .scandir, and as far as I can tell there aren't any options for enabling it to follow links. This definitely seems like a feature that should exist for this kind of tool, and both of the alternatives Telescope uses (rg, fd) have such an option.

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