config/module: go back to the original folder when doing parent

references

Author: mitchellh

config/module/detect_file.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package module
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 )
@@ -20,7 +21,26 @@ func (d *FileDetector) Detect(src, pwd string) (string, bool, error) {
 				"relative paths require a module with a pwd")
 		}
 
+		// Stat the pwd to determine if its a symbolic link. If it is,
+		// then the pwd becomes the original directory. Otherwise,
+		// `filepath.Join` below does some weird stuff.
+		//
+		// We just ignore if the pwd doesn't exist. That error will be
+		// caught later when we try to use the URL.
+		if fi, err := os.Lstat(pwd); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", true, err
+			}
+			if fi.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
+				pwd, err = os.Readlink(pwd)
+				if err != nil {
+					return "", true, err
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		src = filepath.Join(pwd, src)
+		println(src)
 	}
 	return fmtFileURL(src), true, nil
 }

config/module/tree_test.go

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func TestTreeLoad_parentRef(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	actual := strings.TrimSpace(tree.String())
-	expected := strings.TrimSpace(treeLoadStr)
+	expected := strings.TrimSpace(treeLoadParentStr)
 	if actual != expected {
 		t.Fatalf("bad: \n\n%s", actual)
 	}
@@ -277,6 +277,11 @@ root
   foo
 `
 
+const treeLoadParentStr = `
+root
+  a
+    b
+`
 const treeLoadSubdirStr = `
 root
   foo