vim-patch:7.4.656

Problem:    Missing changes for glob() in one file.
Solution:   Add the missing changes.

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d8b77f7dc04e5721989df9c505b8568194261a39

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/src/nvim/path.c b/src/nvim/path.c
index 5ac3d07f67..8b9a49dfc0 100644
--- a/src/nvim/path.c
+++ b/src/nvim/path.c
@@ -681,11 +681,16 @@ static size_t do_path_expand(garray_T *gap, const char_u *path,
           /* remove backslashes for the remaining components only */
           (void)do_path_expand(gap, buf, len + 1, flags, false);
         } else {
-          /* no more wildcards, check if there is a match */
-          /* remove backslashes for the remaining components only */
-          if (*path_end != NUL)
+          FileInfo file_info;
+
+          // no more wildcards, check if there is a match
+          // remove backslashes for the remaining components only
+          if (*path_end != NUL) {
             backslash_halve(buf + len + 1);
-          if (os_file_exists(buf)) {          /* add existing file */
+          }
+          // add existing file or symbolic link
+          if ((flags & EW_ALLLINKS) ? os_fileinfo_link((char *)buf, &file_info)
+              : os_file_exists(buf)) {
             addfile(gap, buf, flags);
           }
         }
@@ -1294,26 +1299,28 @@ expand_backtick (
   return cnt;
 }
 
-/*
- * Add a file to a file list.  Accepted flags:
- * EW_DIR	add directories
- * EW_FILE	add files
- * EW_EXEC	add executable files
- * EW_NOTFOUND	add even when it doesn't exist
- * EW_ADDSLASH	add slash after directory name
- */
-void 
-addfile (
+// Add a file to a file list.  Accepted flags:
+// EW_DIR      add directories
+// EW_FILE     add files
+// EW_EXEC     add executable files
+// EW_NOTFOUND add even when it doesn't exist
+// EW_ADDSLASH add slash after directory name
+// EW_ALLLINKS add symlink also when the referred file does not exist
+void addfile(
     garray_T *gap,
     char_u *f,         /* filename */
     int flags
 )
 {
   bool isdir;
+  FileInfo file_info;
 
-  /* if the file/dir doesn't exist, may not add it */
-  if (!(flags & EW_NOTFOUND) && !os_file_exists(f))
+  // if the file/dir/link doesn't exist, may not add it
+  if (!(flags & EW_NOTFOUND) &&
+      ((flags & EW_ALLLINKS) ?
+       !os_fileinfo_link((char *)f, &file_info) : !os_file_exists(f))) {
     return;
+  }
 
 #ifdef FNAME_ILLEGAL
   /* if the file/dir contains illegal characters, don't add it */