From ed9a67ed6dbd408032f51f34a471362264c47e1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Future is FOSS <79040025+futureisfoss@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2021 13:47:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] follow symlinks when detecting filetype in lf (#1052)

fix bug in lf where symlinked files don't open in the expected program
---
 .config/lf/lfrc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.config/lf/lfrc b/.config/lf/lfrc
index ebe16fb..9d6ceba 100644
--- a/.config/lf/lfrc
+++ b/.config/lf/lfrc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ $lf -remote "send $id set previewer ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/lf/scope"
 
 # cmds/functions
 cmd open ${{
-    case $(file --mime-type $f -b) in
+    case $(file --mime-type "$(readlink -f $f)" -b) in
 	image/vnd.djvu|application/pdf|application/octet-stream|application/postscript) setsid -f zathura $fx >/dev/null 2>&1 ;;
         text/*) $EDITOR $fx;;
 	image/x-xcf) setsid -f gimp $f >/dev/null 2>&1 ;;