fix: improve symlink handling in skills directory#5576
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Improve error handling for symlink-related edge cases in skills discovery: - Add ELOOP (circular symlinks) and ENOTCONN (network drives) error handling - Handle broken symlinks gracefully in scanSkillsDirectory - Add better error logging for unexpected errors This fixes inconsistent behavior when .kilocode/skills is a symlink, especially for network drives or when symlink targets are temporarily unavailable. Fixes Kilo-Org#5408
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Summary
Fixes #5408
Users reported that symlinked skills directories (
.kilocode/skills-> another location) were inconsistently recognized - sometimes working, sometimes failing with ENOENT errors.Root Cause
The error handling in
fileExists,directoryExists, andscanSkillsDirectorydidn't account for all symlink-related error conditions:ELOOP: Too many symbolic links (circular symlinks)ENOTCONN: Network drive not connected (for symlinks to network paths)When these errors occurred, they would bubble up and cause skill discovery to fail.
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src/services/roo-config/index.tsELOOPandENOTCONNto handled error codes infileExists()anddirectoryExists()2.
src/services/skills/SkillsManager.tsscanSkillsDirectory()to gracefully handle:ENOENT: Broken symlinks or missing targetsELOOP: Circular symlinksENOTCONN: Unavailable network drivesTesting
Before vs After