From fa286f0c9d656fc0fdc979da0f33e3edf3213663 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Byrne <sultan@locehilios.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 16:09:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Support for symlinked directories (#17)

---
 yadm   | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
 yadm.1 |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/yadm b/yadm
index 75d5782..536e64c 100755
--- a/yadm
+++ b/yadm
@@ -117,16 +117,23 @@ function alt() {
 
   #; loop over all "tracked" files
   #; for every file which matches the above regex, create a symlink
+  last_linked=''
   for tracked_file in $(git ls-files | sort); do
     tracked_file="$YADM_WORK/$tracked_file"
-    if [ -e "$tracked_file" ] ; then
-      if [[ $tracked_file =~ $match ]] ; then
-        new_link="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
-        debug "Linking $tracked_file to $new_link"
-        [ -n "$loud" ] && echo "Linking $tracked_file to $new_link"
-        ln -fs "$tracked_file" "$new_link"
+    #; process both the path, and it's parent directory
+    for alt_path in "$tracked_file" "${tracked_file%/*}"; do
+      if [ -e "$alt_path" ] ; then
+        if [[ $alt_path =~ $match ]] ; then
+          if [ "$alt_path" != "$last_linked" ] ; then
+            new_link="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+            debug "Linking $alt_path to $new_link"
+            [ -n "$loud" ] && echo "Linking $alt_path to $new_link"
+            ln -nfs "$alt_path" "$new_link"
+            last_linked="$alt_path"
+          fi
+        fi
       fi
-    fi
+    done
   done
 
 }
diff --git a/yadm.1 b/yadm.1
index a8b791d..a23514f 100644
--- a/yadm.1
+++ b/yadm.1
@@ -356,6 +356,10 @@ If running on a Solaris server, the link use the default "##" version:
 
 If no "##" version exists and no files match the current OS/HOSTNAME/USER, then no link will be created.
 
+Links are also created for directories named this way, as long as they have at least one
+.B yadm
+managed file within them.
+
 OS is determined by running
 .BR uname\ -s ,
 HOSTNAME by running