From 3b641afadcf57facf160b57c5e90bfeeeb68bed7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anup Mahindre <anup.mahindre.7@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2021 16:56:25 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ls: Fix issue with Windows and dangling symbolic links

- Windows hidden file attribute determination would assume symbolic link
  to be valid and would panic
- Check symbolic link's attributes if the link points to non-existing
  file
---
 src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
index 677556ab0..220eccb30 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/ls.rs
@@ -1270,7 +1270,8 @@ fn sort_entries(entries: &mut Vec<PathData>, config: &Config) {
 
 #[cfg(windows)]
 fn is_hidden(file_path: &DirEntry) -> bool {
-    let metadata = fs::metadata(file_path.path()).unwrap();
+    let path = file_path.path();
+    let metadata = fs::metadata(&path).unwrap_or_else(|_| fs::symlink_metadata(&path).unwrap());
     let attr = metadata.file_attributes();
     (attr & 0x2) > 0
 }