Handle dangling symlinks in rmtree() and run_clean()

Author: DaanDeMeyer

mkosi/__init__.py

@@ -4587,7 +4587,7 @@ def run_clean(args: Args, config: Config, *, resources: Path) -> None:
         outputs = {
             config.output_dir_or_cwd() / output
             for output in config.outputs
-            if (config.output_dir_or_cwd() / output).exists()
+            if (config.output_dir_or_cwd() / output).exists() or (config.output_dir_or_cwd() / output).is_symlink()
         }
 
         # Make sure we resolve the symlink we create in the output directory and remove its target as well as it might

mkosi/tree.py

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def rmtree(*paths: Path, sandbox: SandboxProtocol = nosandbox) -> None:
             stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL if not ARG_DEBUG.get() else None,
             stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL if not ARG_DEBUG.get() else None)
 
-    filtered = sorted({p for p in paths if p.exists()})
+    filtered = sorted({p for p in paths if p.exists() or p.is_symlink()})
     if filtered:
         run(["rm", "-rf", "--", *filtered],
             sandbox=sandbox(binary="rm", mounts=[Mount(p.parent, p.parent) for p in filtered]))