Commit 1ddae8585a00e5c6d283336b7421caf480611123 | zig

author	Andrew Kelley <andrew@ziglang.org> 2026-01-06 23:08:59-08:00
committer	Andrew Kelley <andrew@ziglang.org> 2026-01-07 11:03:37-08:00
log	1ddae8585a00e5c6d283336b7421caf480611123
tree	ec4cfd1542f33a413befadffc6790f08eb852947
parent	7e8c7e56964f8d9d20be04e314324f84f9db6146

oof what a clunky set of functionality we have here

2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

lib/std/Io/File/Atomic.zig+1-1

...	@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub fn deinit(af: *Atomic, io: Io) void {	...	@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub fn deinit(af: *Atomic, io: Io) void {
37	af.* = undefined;	37	af.* = undefined;
38	}	38	}
39		39
40	pub const LinkError = Dir.HardLinkError \|\| Dir.RenamePreserveError;	40	pub const LinkError = File.HardLinkError \|\| Dir.RenamePreserveError;
41		41
42	/// Atomically materializes the file into place, failing with	42	/// Atomically materializes the file into place, failing with
43	/// `error.PathAlreadyExists` if something already exists there.	43	/// `error.PathAlreadyExists` if something already exists there.

lib/std/Io/Threaded.zig+11-2

 @@ -3525,7 +3525,7 @@ fn dirCreateFileAtomic(
         if (dest_dirname) |dirname| {
             // This has a nice side effect of preemptively triggering EISDIR or
             // ENOENT, avoiding the ambiguity below.
-            dir.createDirPath(t_io, dirname) catch |err| switch (err) {
+            if (options.make_path) dir.createDirPath(t_io, dirname) catch |err| switch (err) {
                 // None of these make sense in this context.
                 error.IsDir,
                 error.Streaming,
 @@ -5254,7 +5254,16 @@ fn fileHardLink(
     else
         posix.AT.EMPTY_PATH;
-    return linkat(file.handle, "", new_dir.handle, new_sub_path_posix, flags);
+    return linkat(file.handle, "", new_dir.handle, new_sub_path_posix, flags) catch |err| switch (err) {
+        error.FileNotFound => {
+            if (options.follow_symlinks) return error.FileNotFound;
+            var proc_buf: ["/proc/self/fd/-2147483648\x00".len]u8 = undefined;
+            const proc_path = std.fmt.bufPrintSentinel(&proc_buf, "/proc/self/fd/{d}", .{file.handle}, 0) catch
+                unreachable;
+            return linkat(posix.AT.FDCWD, proc_path, new_dir.handle, new_sub_path_posix, posix.AT.SYMLINK_FOLLOW);
+        },
+        else => |e| return e,
+    };
 }
 fn linkat(