From 6bed905159542c4d31da0d76765b71a63720f15f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mars-Wave <57585293+Mars-Wave@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:46:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Keep a symlinked kanshi config a symlink

---
 src/store.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/store.c b/src/store.c
index a63ae82..18db58e 100644
--- a/src/store.c
+++ b/src/store.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fnmatch.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "wdisplays.h"
@@ -469,6 +470,10 @@ static char *update_config(const char *text, struct wl_list *outputs,
 
 static bool write_config(const char *path, const char *contents,
     GError **error) {
+  g_autofree char *real_path = realpath(path, NULL);
+  if (real_path != NULL) {
+    path = real_path;
+  }
   g_autofree char *dir = g_path_get_dirname(path);
   if (g_mkdir_with_parents(dir, 0755) != 0) {
     int err = errno;