From 49642f64d274435546a3ee40f7b657b523ab1e60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: abraunegg <alex.braunegg@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2026 08:39:56 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Update sync.d

Update PR
---
 src/sync.d | 21 +++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/sync.d b/src/sync.d
index 40fe494f..5a1aece1 100644
--- a/src/sync.d
+++ b/src/sync.d
@@ -7718,8 +7718,17 @@ class SyncEngine {
 			logKey = generateAlphanumericString();
 			displayFunctionProcessingStart(thisFunctionName, logKey);
 		}
-	
-		// Add a processing '.'
+		
+		// Skip symlinks as early as possible, including dangling symlinks
+		if (isSymlink(path)) {
+			// Should this path be skipped?
+			if (appConfig.getValueBool("skip_symlinks")) {
+				if (verboseLogging) {addLogEntry("Skipping item - skip symbolic links configured: " ~ path, ["verbose"]);}
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		// Add a processing '.' if path exists
 		if (exists(path)) {
 			if (isDir(path)) {
 				if (!appConfig.suppressLoggingOutput) {
@@ -7764,14 +7773,6 @@ class SyncEngine {
 				return;
 			}
 		}
-				
-		// Skip symlinks as early as possible, including dangling symlinks
-		if (isSymlink(path)) {
-			if (appConfig.getValueBool("skip_symlinks")) {
-				addLogEntry("Skipping symbolic link: " ~ path);
-				return;
-			}
-		}
 		
 		// A short lived item that has already disappeared will cause an error - is the path still valid?
 		if (!exists(path)) {