Merge pull request #4689 from ebayer/follow-symlinks

Create a global option to follow symlinks in project-wide search

docs/customizing-atom.md

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ You can open this file in an editor from the _Atom > Open Your Config_ menu.
 - `core`
   - `disabledPackages`: An array of package names to disable
   - `excludeVcsIgnoredPaths`: Don't search within files specified by _.gitignore_
+  - `followSymlinks`: Follow symlinks when searching and scanning root directory
   - `ignoredNames`: File names to ignore across all of Atom
   - `projectHome`: The directory where projects are assumed to be located
   - `themes`: An array of theme names to load, in cascading order

spec/atom-spec.coffee

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ describe "the `atom` global", ->
   describe "loading default config", ->
     it 'loads the default core config', ->
       expect(atom.config.get('core.excludeVcsIgnoredPaths')).toBe true
+      expect(atom.config.get('core.followSymlinks')).toBe true
       expect(atom.config.get('editor.showInvisibles')).toBe false
 
   describe "window onerror handler", ->

src/config-schema.coffee

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ module.exports =
         type: 'boolean'
         default: true
         title: 'Exclude VCS Ignored Paths'
+      followSymlinks:
+        type: 'boolean'
+        default: true
+        title: 'Follow symlinks when searching and scanning root directory'
       disabledPackages:
         type: 'array'
         default: []

src/project.coffee

@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ class Project extends Model
       includeHidden: true
       excludeVcsIgnores: atom.config.get('core.excludeVcsIgnoredPaths')
       exclusions: atom.config.get('core.ignoredNames')
+      follow: atom.config.get('core.followSymlinks')
 
     # TODO: need to support all paths in @getPaths()
     task = Task.once require.resolve('./scan-handler'), @getPaths()[0], regex.source, searchOptions, ->