From e95f6811f7e11479a1799851845dc528e21e2b97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: absidue <48293849+absidue@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 07:14:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add support for symlinked database files (#3129)

---
 src/datastores/index.js | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/datastores/index.js b/src/datastores/index.js
index a54fd0b4a..2f1485cf9 100644
--- a/src/datastores/index.js
+++ b/src/datastores/index.js
@@ -5,8 +5,18 @@ let dbPath = null
 if (process.env.IS_ELECTRON_MAIN) {
   const { app } = require('electron')
   const { join } = require('path')
+  // this code only runs in the electron main process, so hopefully using sync fs code here should be fine 😬
+  const { existsSync, statSync, realpathSync } = require('fs')
   const userDataPath = app.getPath('userData') // This is based on the user's OS
-  dbPath = (dbName) => join(userDataPath, `${dbName}.db`)
+  dbPath = (dbName) => {
+    let path = join(userDataPath, `${dbName}.db`)
+
+    if (existsSync(path) && statSync(path).isSymbolicLink) {
+      path = realpathSync(path)
+    }
+
+    return path
+  }
 } else {
   dbPath = (dbName) => `${dbName}.db`
 }