Bring back .lnk files on Windows and always treat them as non-virtual files.

Signed-off-by: alex-z <blackslayer4@gmail.com>

3 files changed, 9 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/src/csync/vio/csync_vio_local_win.cpp b/src/csync/vio/csync_vio_local_win.cpp
index 4ddd4f545..dfb33742c 100644
--- a/src/csync/vio/csync_vio_local_win.cpp
+++ b/src/csync/vio/csync_vio_local_win.cpp
@@ -162,8 +162,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<csync_file_stat_t> csync_vio_local_readdir(csync_vio_handle_t *h
     } else if (handle->ffd.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) {
         file_stat->type = ItemTypeDirectory;
     } else {
-        // exclude ".lnk" files as they are not essential, but, causing troubles when enabling the VFS due to QFileInfo::isDir() and other methods are freezing, which causes the ".lnk" files to start hydrating and freezing the app eventually.
-        file_stat->type = !OCC::FileSystem::isLnkFile(path) ? ItemTypeFile : ItemTypeSoftLink;
+        file_stat->type = ItemTypeFile;
     }
 
     /* Check for the hidden flag */
diff --git a/src/libsync/discovery.cpp b/src/libsync/discovery.cpp
index a437dc48d..df975fe0e 100644
--- a/src/libsync/discovery.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/discovery.cpp
@@ -254,18 +254,7 @@ bool ProcessDirectoryJob::handleExcluded(const QString &path, const Entries &ent
         }
     }
 
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-    // exclude ".lnk" files as they are not essential, but, causing troubles when enabling the VFS due to
-    // QFileInfo::isDir() and other methods are freezing, which causes the ".lnk" files to start hydrating and freezing
-    // the app eventually.
-    const bool isServerEntryWindowsShortcut = !entries.localEntry.isValid() && entries.serverEntry.isValid()
-        && !entries.serverEntry.isDirectory && FileSystem::isLnkFile(entries.serverEntry.name);
-#else
-    const bool isServerEntryWindowsShortcut = false;
-#endif
-    const auto isSymlink = entries.localEntry.isSymLink || isServerEntryWindowsShortcut;
-
-    if (excluded == CSYNC_NOT_EXCLUDED && !isSymlink) {
+    if (excluded == CSYNC_NOT_EXCLUDED && !entries.localEntry.isSymLink) {
         return false;
     } else if (excluded == CSYNC_FILE_SILENTLY_EXCLUDED || excluded == CSYNC_FILE_EXCLUDE_AND_REMOVE) {
         emit _discoveryData->silentlyExcluded(path);
@@ -277,7 +266,7 @@ bool ProcessDirectoryJob::handleExcluded(const QString &path, const Entries &ent
     item->_originalFile = path;
     item->_instruction = CSYNC_INSTRUCTION_IGNORE;
 
-    if (isSymlink) {
+    if (entries.localEntry.isSymLink) {
         /* Symbolic links are ignored. */
         item->_errorString = tr("Symbolic links are not supported in syncing.");
     } else {
@@ -640,6 +629,7 @@ void ProcessDirectoryJob::processFileAnalyzeRemoteInfo(
         if (!localEntry.isValid()
             && item->_type == ItemTypeFile
             && opts._vfs->mode() != Vfs::Off
+            && !FileSystem::isLnkFile(item->_file)
             && _pinState != PinState::AlwaysLocal
             && !FileSystem::isExcludeFile(item->_file)) {
             item->_type = ItemTypeVirtualFile;
diff --git a/src/libsync/vfs/cfapi/vfs_cfapi.cpp b/src/libsync/vfs/cfapi/vfs_cfapi.cpp
index d201e36c4..3893f6393 100644
--- a/src/libsync/vfs/cfapi/vfs_cfapi.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/vfs/cfapi/vfs_cfapi.cpp
@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@ Result<void, QString> VfsCfApi::dehydratePlaceholder(const SyncFileItem &item)
 
 Result<Vfs::ConvertToPlaceholderResult, QString> VfsCfApi::convertToPlaceholder(const QString &filename, const SyncFileItem &item, const QString &replacesFile)
 {
+    if (item._type != ItemTypeDirectory && OCC::FileSystem::isLnkFile(filename)) {
+        qCInfo(lcCfApi) << "File \"" << filename << "\" is a Windows shortcut. Not converting it to a placeholder.";
+        return Vfs::ConvertToPlaceholderResult::Ok;
+    }
+
     const auto localPath = QDir::toNativeSeparators(filename);
     const auto replacesPath = QDir::toNativeSeparators(replacesFile);