# HG changeset patch
# User Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@octobus.net>
# Date 1584563265 -3600
# Node ID bc9a9016467d90a613816950175e05671af277e6
# Parent  864e9534d3d4f984e9c50a40e812e844816847bc
byteify-string: resolve symlink before byteifying

Otherwise the script turns symlinks into regular files.

diff -r 864e9534d3d4 -r bc9a9016467d contrib/byteify-strings.py
--- a/contrib/byteify-strings.py	Thu Mar 12 15:23:47 2020 +0100
+++ b/contrib/byteify-strings.py	Wed Mar 18 21:27:45 2020 +0100
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@
         'allow-attr-methods': args.allow_attr_methods,
     }
     for fname in args.files:
+        fname = os.path.realpath(fname)
         if args.inplace:
             with editinplace(fname) as fout:
                 with open(fname, 'rb') as fin: