Make ignoring symlinks configurablegit-annex

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/IkiWiki.pm b/IkiWiki.pm
index 7afd57993..4f298d673 100644
--- a/IkiWiki.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki.pm
@@ -544,6 +544,13 @@ sub getsetup () {
 		safe => 0,
 		rebuild => 0,
 	},
+	allow_symlinks => {
+		type => "boolean",
+		default => 0,
+		description => "allow symlinks in the repository",
+		safe => 0,
+		rebuild => 0,
+	},
 	cookiejar => {
 		type => "string",
 		default => { file => "$ENV{HOME}/.ikiwiki/cookies" },
@@ -981,7 +988,7 @@ sub readfile ($;$$) {
 	my $binary=shift;
 	my $wantfd=shift;
 
-	if (-l $file) {
+	if (!$config{allow_symlinks} and -l $file) {
 		error("cannot read a symlink ($file)");
 	}
 	
diff --git a/IkiWiki/Render.pm b/IkiWiki/Render.pm
index c1a3dcbf2..4bf9f0601 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Render.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Render.pm
@@ -320,7 +320,8 @@ sub find_src_files (;$$$) {
 	my $helper=sub {
 		my $file=decode_utf8($_);
 
-		return if -l $file || -d _;
+		return if -d $file;
+		return if !$config{allow_symlinks} and -l $file;
 		$file=~s/^\.\///;
 		return if ! length $file;
 		$page = pagename($file);