Use text-based link relation by default

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 # Unreleased
 
+- Use text-based link relation by default
+
+# v4.9.0
+
 - Adds `Interface.related_iterator()`
 
 # v4.9.0

src/machinable/interface.py

@@ -141,11 +141,15 @@ def _wrapper(
 belongs_to_many = _relation(BelongsToMany)
 
 
-def _uuid_symlink(directory, uuid):
+def _uuid_symlink(directory, uuid, mode="file"):
     dst = os.path.join(directory, id_from_uuid(uuid))
     try:
         os.makedirs(dst, exist_ok=True)
-        os.symlink("../../" + uuid, os.path.join(dst, "link"))
+        if mode == "file":
+            with open(os.path.join(dst, "link"), "w") as f:
+                f.write("../../" + uuid)
+        else:
+            os.symlink("../../" + uuid, os.path.join(dst, "link"))
     except OSError:
         pass
 

tests/test_interface.py

@@ -271,9 +271,7 @@ def test_symlink_relations(tmp_storage):
     project = Project("./tests/samples/project").__enter__()
 
     component = get("dummy").launch()
-    assert os.path.isfile(
-        component.execution.component_directory("link", ".machinable")
-    )
+    assert os.path.isfile(component.execution.component_directory("link"))
 
     project.__exit__()