From 0af715838edb38c32e90d5b294f48254274b6ccc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Atish Patel <atishpatel2012@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 01:21:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add support for following symlink paths

---
 watch.go | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/watch.go b/watch.go
index f591a87..2310359 100644
--- a/watch.go
+++ b/watch.go
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ func watch(root string, watcher *fsnotify.Watcher, names chan<- string, done cha
 
 func walker(watcher *fsnotify.Watcher, reflexes []*Reflex) filepath.WalkFunc {
 	return func(path string, f os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		isSymlink := f.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0
+		if isSymlink {
+			// follow symlink paths
+			symlinkPath, _ := filepath.EvalSymlinks(path)
+			if symlinkPath != "" {
+				return filepath.Walk(symlinkPath, walker(watcher, reflexes))
+			}
+		}
 		if err != nil || !f.IsDir() {
 			return nil
 		}