[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #3507: Plugin Listing Counts Symlinks as another plugin

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#3507: Plugin Listing Counts Symlinks as another plugin
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 Reporter:  technosailor    |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect          |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal          |    Milestone:  2.0.6    
Component:  Administration  |      Version:           
 Severity:  normal          |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:                  |  
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Comment (by technosailor):

 Yeah that's a different argument. Not invalid, but not the point here
 either. The point is that if you DO have a symlink in the plugins folder
 to another file/directory in the plugins folder, then the plugins page
 will report TWO instances of the plugin, instead of one.

 I see where this is technically accurate but I think pretty confusing at
 the same time.

 In my case, I need to have plugins in directories because SVN's
 incapability of supporting svn:external properties on files, and only
 supporting them on directories. So I've been playing with the idea of
 moving all files into directories, but this (I think) causes plugins then
 to become deactivated. (Now I'm not sure on this and need to go check!).

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