Error when the config_local.yml file is a symlink

[tameroski]

If my config_local.yml file is a symlink (to a file in a shared directory, cos i'm deploying Bolt using Capistrano), i got the following error :

IOException in Filesystem.php line 571: Failed to get file's type

    in Filesystem.php line 571
    at Filesystem->doGetType('config_local.yml') in Filesystem.php line 501
    at Filesystem->get('config_local.yml', null) in Directory.php line 59
    at Directory->get('config_local.yml') in Config.php line 147
    at Config->parseConfigYaml('config_local.yml') in Config.php line 299
    at Config->parseGeneral() in Config.php line 278
    at Config->getConfig() in Config.php line 104
    at Config->initialize() in ConfigServiceProvider.php line 22
    at ConfigServiceProvider->Bolt\Provider\{closure}(object(Application)) in Pimple.php line 126
    at Pimple::{closure}(object(Application)) in Pimple.php line 83
    at Pimple->offsetGet('config') in ExtensionServiceProvider.php line 46
    at ExtensionServiceProvider->Bolt\Provider\{closure}(object(Application)) in Pimple.php line 126
    at Pimple::{closure}(object(Application)) in Pimple.php line 201
    at Pimple->{closure}(object(Application)) in Pimple.php line 126
    at Pimple::{closure}(object(Application)) in Pimple.php line 83
    at Pimple->offsetGet('extensions') in ExtensionServiceProvider.php line 150
    at ExtensionServiceProvider->boot(object(Application)) in Application.php line 197
    at Application->boot() in Application.php line 91
    at Application->run() in index.php line 12

Removing the link = site is working
Changing the link for a real file = site is working

Details

• Relevant Bolt Version: 3.4
• Install type: Composer install
• PHP version: 7.1
• Used web server: Apache

Reproduction

Add a config_local.yml file somewhere on your server, and add a symlink to it in your app/config/ directory.

[GwendolenLynch]

Yes, this is a limitation in Flysystem and nothing we have control over.

See:
thephpleague/flysystem#474
thephpleague/flysystem#599

[bobdenotter]

@tameroski What does work in some cases (it works for us when using deployer, but no guarantees), is making the app/config folder a symlink, that has "real" files inside.

[tameroski]

Oh, that would be great! Will try that, thanks.
Not being able to deploy that way would be a massive disapoinment 😢

[bobdenotter]

@tameroski We use Deployer ourselves, and it works nicely.. See this: https://github.com/jadwigo/bolt-deployer-recipe

[tameroski]

Tried to make the whole app/config folder a symlink => working !

Thanks @bobdenotter

[baronvertigovongrahamthesecondofsealand]

Hi. The symlink directory solution doesnt appear workable to me, as the files in the directory need to be committed to repo (in case of changes, which need to be deployed), with the exception of config_local.yml.

Is there a way of defining where the config_local.yml is located and loaded from?

[bobdenotter]

@baronvertigovongrahamthesecondofsealand No, there isn't, unfortunately.