[tdstein]

Summary

 app/
-  app.py -> ../source.py  # archived as a broken link
-  data -> ../data         # omitted
+  app.py                  # target contents
+  data/foo.csv            # target contents

Follow linked directories and archive linked files as regular files, preserving bundle paths and matching manifest checksums. Exclusions and config protection still apply, and directory loops produce a warning.

Evidence

• Before: file links were archived as links and linked directories were omitted.
• After: uv run pytest tests/test_bundle.py -q passes (160 tests), covering manifests, archives, exclusions, loops, and config protection. Ruff checks pass. Windows CI will verify the newline-independent fixtures.

Merge Danger

Door: two-way

Blast Radius: bundling

Closes #414

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☂️ Python Coverage

current status: ✅

Overall Coverage

Lines	Covered	Coverage	Threshold	Status
11207	9981	89%	0%	🟢

New Files

No new covered files...

Modified Files

File	Coverage	Status
rsconnect/bundle.py	89%	🟢
TOTAL	89%	🟢

updated for commit: 67d4d5e by action🐍

[tdstein]

Windows tests are failing with:

FAILED tests/test_bundle.py::test_api_bundle_keeps_valid_symlink - AssertionError: assert b'data\r\n' == b'data\n'
  
  At index 4 diff: b'\r' != b'\n'
  
  Full diff: (-: missing in left side, +: extra in left side)
  - (b'data\n')
  + (b'data\r\n')
  ?         ++
FAILED tests/test_bundle.py::test_linked_content_in_shiny_manifest_and_bundles - AssertionError: assert '6768521f78ea7aa61a34fc9f51ff192e' == 'a9af1a5b719a9a4c3caf671fec09459b'