From c87424190c520b3a5a62d001070c440a8db0d55a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sig Lange <sig.lange@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 13:18:02 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] ignore links to self

---
 link.go | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/link.go b/link.go
index e3d8762..1d55d38 100644
--- a/link.go
+++ b/link.go
@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ func CreateLinks(opts *LinkOptions, run *Run) error {
 	)
 
 	for _, li := range run.Links {
+
+		// validate we are not linking to ourselves
+		if li.AbsLink == li.Target {
+			log.Debugf("Ignoring symlink to self %s", li.AbsLink)
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if opts.Pretend {
 			if li.NeedsCreate {
 				log.Infof("create link %q %q", li.AbsLink, li.Target)