Use the canonical file path (resolve symlinks and '..') when adding directories to the library, and when adding files to the playlist. Fixes issue #1494

src/core/commandlineoptions.cpp

@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ bool CommandlineOptions::Parse() {
     if (value.contains("://"))
       urls_ << value;
     else
-      urls_ << QUrl::fromLocalFile(QFileInfo(value).absoluteFilePath());
+      urls_ << QUrl::fromLocalFile(QFileInfo(value).canonicalFilePath());
   }
 
   return true;

src/library/librarybackend.cpp

@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@
 #include "core/scopedtransaction.h"
 #include "smartplaylists/search.h"
 
-#include <QDir>
-#include <QVariant>
-#include <QSettings>
-#include <QtDebug>
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QDateTime>
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QSettings>
+#include <QVariant>
+#include <QtDebug>
 
 const char* LibraryBackend::kNewScoreSql =
     "case when playcount <= 0 then (%1 * 100 + score) / 2"
@@ -178,18 +179,20 @@ void LibraryBackend::UpdateTotalSongCount() {
   emit TotalSongCountUpdated(q.value(0).toInt());
 }
 
-void LibraryBackend::AddDirectory(const QString &path) {
+void LibraryBackend::AddDirectory(const QString& path) {
+  QString canonical_path = QFileInfo(path).canonicalFilePath();
+
   QMutexLocker l(db_->Mutex());
   QSqlDatabase db(db_->Connect());
 
   QSqlQuery q(QString("INSERT INTO %1 (path, subdirs)"
                       " VALUES (:path, 1)").arg(dirs_table_), db);
-  q.bindValue(":path", path);
+  q.bindValue(":path", canonical_path);
   q.exec();
   if (db_->CheckErrors(q)) return;
 
   Directory dir;
-  dir.path = path;
+  dir.path = canonical_path;
   dir.id = q.lastInsertId().toInt();
 
   emit DirectoryDiscovered(dir, SubdirectoryList());

src/ui/mainwindow.cpp

@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ void MainWindow::AddFile() {
   // Convert to URLs
   QList<QUrl> urls;
   foreach (const QString& path, file_names) {
-    urls << QUrl::fromLocalFile(path);
+    urls << QUrl::fromLocalFile(QFileInfo(path).canonicalFilePath());
   }
 
   MimeData* data = new MimeData;
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ void MainWindow::AddFolder() {
 
   // Add media
   MimeData* data = new MimeData;
-  data->setUrls(QList<QUrl>() << QUrl::fromLocalFile(directory));
+  data->setUrls(QList<QUrl>() << QUrl::fromLocalFile(QFileInfo(directory).canonicalFilePath()));
   AddToPlaylist(data);
 }
 

src/widgets/fileviewlist.cpp

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ QList<QUrl> FileViewList::UrlListFromSelection() const {
   foreach (const QModelIndex& index, menu_selection_.indexes()) {
     if (index.column() == 0)
       urls << QUrl::fromLocalFile(
-          static_cast<QFileSystemModel*>(model())->filePath(index));
+          static_cast<QFileSystemModel*>(model())->fileInfo(index).canonicalFilePath());
   }
   return urls;
 }