don't follow symlinks in "path to golangci-lint" option

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Summary

Today, when you select a path to golangci-lint, it follows the symlink if it is one (at least on the Mac). For example, I have golangci-lint installed via brew, so I have:

/opt/homebrew/Cellar/golangci-lint/1.52.2/bin/golangci-lint  # executable
/opt/homebrew/var/homebrew/linked/golangci-lint -> ../../../Cellar/golangci-lint/1.52.2 # symlink

Today:

• if I select the file at /opt/homebrew/var/homebrew/linked/golangci-lint, then
• the actual config path that gets set is /opt/homebrew/Cellar/golangci-lint/1.52.2/bin/golangci-lint.

This means that as soon as I run brew upgrade golangci-lint, the config is broken (because brew will delete the old version after it creates the new one). I really did want the path to be /opt/homebrew/var/homebrew/linked/golangci-lint, which always points to the latest.

Workaround

1. Temporarily create a non-symlinked executable at /opt/homebrew/var/homebrew/linked/golangci-lint:

   cd /opt/homebrew/var/homebrew/linked/
   mv golangci-lint golangci-lint.bak
   mkdir -p golangci-lint/bin
   cp golangci-lint.bak/bin/golangci-lint golangci-lint/bin/

2. Set the path in the intellij config for the Go Linter plugin
3. Remove the temporary executable:

   cd /opt/homebrew/var/homebrew/linked/  # same as before
   rm golangci-lint.bak/bin/golangci-lint  # I hesitate to use "rm -rf" in brew's dirs!
   rmdir golangci-lint/bin
   rmdir golangci-lint
   mv golangci-lint.bak golangci-lint

It looks like the symlink resolution only happens when you select the file (not during Intellij's startup, for example), so this does stick to the symlink itself (as I wanted).

Versions info

• macOs 13.1
• IntelliJ IDEA 2023.1 (Build #IU-231.8109.175)
• Go Linter plugin 1.6.4

[xxpxxxxp]

thanks for report, that's a reasonable request, I'll fix it soon.

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I just saw that you updated the plugin, with this change. I tried it locally and it worked perfectly. Thanks so much for the exceptionally fast turnaround! :)