Merge pull request #25 from lsst/tickets/DM-35446

DM-35446: Follow directory symlinks when walking

Author: timj

doc/changes/DM-35446.misc.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+When walking the local file system symlinks to directories are now followed.

pyproject.toml

@@ -90,11 +90,6 @@ version = { attr = "lsst.resources.__version__" }
         name = "Performance Enhancement"
         showcontent = true
 
-    [[tool.towncrier.type]]
-        directory = "other"
-        name = "Other Changes and Additions"
-        showcontent = false
-
     [[tool.towncrier.type]]
         directory = "misc"
         name = "Miscellaneous Changes of Minor Interest"

python/lsst/resources/file.py

@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ def walk(
         if isinstance(file_filter, str):
             file_filter = re.compile(file_filter)
 
-        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(self.ospath):
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(self.ospath, followlinks=True):
             # Filter by the regex
             if file_filter is not None:
                 files = [f for f in files if file_filter.search(f)]