From d1a10b1ee5358f126c14ee1bd193ad5e7888611c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ibrahim <zeroibrahim49@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:37:09 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(filetype): preserve non-file types from scanner so
 symlinks are detected correctly

Stop coercing non-file entries to directory; keep libuv-reported type (e.g., link, directory).

Refs X3eRo0/dired.nvim#26
---
 lua/dired/filetype.lua | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lua/dired/filetype.lua b/lua/dired/filetype.lua
index 478f864..fcec8c0 100644
--- a/lua/dired/filetype.lua
+++ b/lua/dired/filetype.lua
@@ -357,7 +357,8 @@ function M.get_filetype(filename, filetype)
             return "text"
         end
     else
-        return "directory"
+        -- Preserve non-file types reported by the scanner (e.g., "directory", "link", ...)
+        return filetype
     end
 end