[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16953: Allow symlinked plugins

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#16953: Allow symlinked plugins
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 Reporter:  scribu            |       Owner:  scribu
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  3.2
Component:  Plugins           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch commit  |
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Description changed by scribu:

Old description:

> There are many scenarios where one would like to have a plugin's folder
> symlinked to another location.
>
> A couple of these scenarios are described in #13550.
>
> The reason this is not currently possible is because plugin_basename()
> doesn't know how to handle symlinks.
>
> The most simple and most flexible solution is to make the plugin basename
> filterable, leaving individual devs to handle symlinks, depending on
> their environment.

New description:

 There are many scenarios where one would like to have a plugin's folder
 symlinked to another location.

 A couple of these scenarios are described in #13550.

 However, when using symlinks, code such as this fails:

 {{{plugins_url( 'script.js', __FILE__ );}}}

 This happens because {{{__FILE__}}} resolves to the real path, which
 confuses plugin_basename().

 The most simple and most flexible solution is to add a filter to
 plugin_basename(), leaving individual devs to handle symlinks, depending
 on their environment.

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