Index: Skip redundant thumbs and support symbolic file links #1049 #1874

Signed-off-by: Michael Mayer <michael@photoprism.app>

pkg/fs/resolve.go

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package fs
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+// Resolve returns the absolute file path, with all symlinks resolved.
+func Resolve(filePath string) (string, error) {
+	if filePath == "" {
+		return "", errors.New("no such file or directory")
+	}
+
+	if target, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(filePath); err != nil {
+		return "", errors.New("no such file or directory")
+	} else if target, err = filepath.Abs(target); target != "" {
+		return target, err
+	} else {
+		return filepath.Abs(filePath)
+	}
+}