From 7a4179e00bcbce61813bdc2598c88a20f8f8e396 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shahar Weiss <shaharw@microsoft.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 12:38:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #1328 - Adds support for reading file history for files
 which originate from a symlink

---
 src/git/gitUri.ts | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/git/gitUri.ts b/src/git/gitUri.ts
index 07491650d6010..dd274fb4a548a 100644
--- a/src/git/gitUri.ts
+++ b/src/git/gitUri.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 'use strict';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as paths from 'path';
 import { Uri } from 'vscode';
 import { UriComparer } from '../comparers';
@@ -259,6 +260,15 @@ export class GitUri extends ((Uri as any) as UriEx) {
 	static async fromUri(uri: Uri): Promise<GitUri> {
 		if (GitUri.is(uri)) return uri;
 
+		const uriPath = uri.fsPath;
+		const realPath = fs.realpathSync(uriPath);
+		if (uriPath !== realPath) {
+			// If we got here, it means the original URI is to a symbolic link, so we create a new one using the real location.
+			const newUri = Uri.file(realPath);
+
+			return this.fromUri(newUri);
+		}
+
 		if (!Container.git.isTrackable(uri)) return new GitUri(uri);
 
 		if (uri.scheme === DocumentSchemes.GitLens) return new GitUri(uri);