Handle symlinked database files correctly

Author: ajeetdsouza

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   `$__fish_data_dir/functions/cd.fish`. This should minimize the chances of an
   infinite loop when aliasing `cd=z`.
 - Symlinks not getting added to the database when `$_ZO_RESOLVE_SYMLINKS=0`.
+- Handle symlinked database files correctly.
 
 ## [0.9.4] - 2024-02-21
 

src/db/mod.rs

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ impl Database {
     pub fn open_dir(data_dir: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<Self> {
         let data_dir = data_dir.as_ref();
         let path = data_dir.join("db.zo");
+        let path = fs::canonicalize(&path).unwrap_or(path);
 
         match fs::read(&path) {
             Ok(bytes) => Self::try_new(path, bytes, |bytes| Self::deserialize(bytes), false),