From d6bcd7216dbd4d1befa2c81dff9aeef714a4de10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rayan-and-beyond <263488867+Rayan-and-beyond@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:52:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: include symlinked files in scans

---
 CHANGELOG.md         |  6 ++++++
 package.json         |  2 +-
 src/scan.js          |  9 ++++++---
 test/ctxtrim.test.js | 12 +++++++++++-
 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e9cb818..2e93381 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 All notable changes to this project are documented here, following
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/) and semantic versioning.
 
+## [0.1.10] - 2026-09-15
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Include symlinked files that resolve to regular files in scan results instead of silently omitting them.
+
 ## [0.1.9] - 2026-09-12
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3f9e1ad..7bea5cc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ctxtrim",
-  "version": "0.1.9",
+  "version": "0.1.10",
   "description": "Trim what bloats your AI coding context. Scan a repo, find the high-cost/low-value files ballooning your Claude Code / Cursor / Codex context, and write ignore files to cut token cost. Zero dependencies.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
diff --git a/src/scan.js b/src/scan.js
index e484a27..0579e90 100644
--- a/src/scan.js
+++ b/src/scan.js
@@ -45,11 +45,14 @@ export function scanRepo(target, opts = {}) {
     for (const e of entries) {
       if (ALWAYS_SKIP.has(e.name)) continue;
       const abs = join(dir, e.name);
-      if (e.isSymbolicLink()) continue;
       if (e.isDirectory()) { walk(abs); continue; }
-      if (!e.isFile()) continue;
+      if (!e.isFile() && !e.isSymbolicLink()) continue;
       let size = 0;
-      try { size = statSync(abs).size; } catch { continue; }
+      try {
+        const stat = statSync(abs);
+        if (!stat.isFile()) continue;
+        size = stat.size;
+      } catch { continue; }
       const rel = relative(root, abs).split(sep).join("/");
       const pathClassification = classifyPath(rel);
       const info = pathClassification?.binary ? { tokens: 0, sample: "" } : fileInfo(abs, size);
diff --git a/test/ctxtrim.test.js b/test/ctxtrim.test.js
index da50d9f..76e9aa5 100644
--- a/test/ctxtrim.test.js
+++ b/test/ctxtrim.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import fs, { existsSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, truncateSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import fs, { existsSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, symlinkSync, truncateSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { syncBuiltinESMExports } from "node:module";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
@@ -101,6 +101,16 @@ test("scan skips binary reads and retains content-dependent classification", (t)
   assert.equal(result.files.find((file) => file.rel === "large.json").category, "data");
 });
 
+test("scan includes symlinked source files", (t) => {
+  const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "ctxtrim-symlink-"));
+  t.after(() => rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+  writeFileSync(join(root, "real.py"), "print(\"hello\")\n");
+  symlinkSync("real.py", join(root, "linked.py"));
+
+  const result = scanRepo(root);
+  assert.deepEqual(result.files.map((file) => file.rel).sort(), ["linked.py", "real.py"]);
+});
+
 test("scan finds trimmable bloat and keeps source", () => {
   const s = scanRepo(repo);
   assert.ok(s.totals.trimTokens > 0);