fix: include symlinked files in scans

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.
 
+## [0.1.14] - 2026-09-16
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Include symlinked files that resolve to regular files in scan results instead of silently omitting them.
+
 ## [0.1.13] - 2026-09-16
 
 ### Fixed

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ctxtrim",
-  "version": "0.1.13",
+  "version": "0.1.14",
   "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": {

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);

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";
@@ -112,6 +112,16 @@ 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);