task does not follow directory symlinks when checking for dependencies

[mbergal]

• Task version: v3.14.0
• Operating System: Ubuntu 20.04

Example Taskfile showing the issue

See https://github.com/mbergal/task-symlinks-example

> task 
...
> echo aaa > src/a
...
> task
> echo aaa > src/shared/b
task: Task "default" is up to date

[andreynering]

Hi @mbergal, thanks for reporting!

If anyone is interested, contribution is welcome with this one.

[ilewin]

I'd like to give it a try. There is a similar issue in mvdan.cc/sh (shell interpreter used in task) https://github.com/mvdan/sh/issues/843