Fix handling of symlinks with missing targets in pallet file imports (#384)

* Fix handling of symlinks with missing targets in pallet file imports

* Fix incorrect `CHANGELOG.md` update

* Bump version number in `CHANGELOG.md`

Author: ethanjli

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## 0.8.0-alpha.7 - 2024-03-05
+
+### Fixed
+
+- (cli) Symlinks to nonexistent targets no longer fail to be merged in as part of file imports from pallets.
+
 ## 0.8.0-alpha.6 - 2024-01-27
 
 ### Added

internal/app/forklift/pallets-merging.go

@@ -573,13 +573,24 @@ func matchUnderlayRef(
 		name: path.Base(underlayTarget),
 		ref:  underlayRef,
 	}
-	if entry.fileInfo, err = fs.Stat(underlayRef.FS, underlayRef.Path); err != nil {
+	if fsys, ok := underlayRef.FS.(ReadLinkFS); ok {
+		if entry.fileInfo, err = fsys.StatLink(underlayRef.Path); err != nil {
+			return nil, &fs.PathError{
+				Op:   "read",
+				Path: fileName,
+				Err: errors.Wrapf(
+					err, "couldn't stat (without following symlinks) file %s in %s",
+					entry.ref.Path, entry.ref.FS.Path(),
+				),
+			}
+		}
+	} /* else if entry.fileInfo, err = fs.Stat(underlayRef.FS, underlayRef.Path); err != nil {
 		return nil, &fs.PathError{
 			Op:   "read",
 			Path: fileName,
 			Err:  errors.Wrapf(err, "couldn't stat file %s in %s", entry.ref.Path, entry.ref.FS.Path()),
 		}
-	}
+	}*/
 	return entry, nil
 }