From 7691a8bb0358d13ae6a491d12e0cbc02c371bab5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Fromme?= <bjoern.fromme@ep-reisen.de>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:22:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: adjust deployer config to prevent symlink loop issue
 with rsync

---
 deploy.php | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/deploy.php b/deploy.php
index 26005d2..a2e89d6 100644
--- a/deploy.php
+++ b/deploy.php
@@ -69,6 +69,24 @@ $rsyncOptions = [
     'timeout' => 300,
 ];
 
+// The provider's rsync (3.5.0) fails to chdir into a destination whose path traverses
+// symlinks, which /home/www/p704161 does: `change_dir#1 ... Too many levels of symbolic
+// links (40)`. Verified: the same directory rsyncs fine when addressed relative to $HOME.
+// Only contrib/rsync.php hands a path to rsync; every other task goes through the SSH
+// shell, which resolves the absolute path without trouble, so deploy_path stays absolute.
+set('remote_home', '/home/www/p704161');
+
+set('rsync_dest', function () {
+    $releasePath = get('release_path');
+    $home = rtrim(get('remote_home'), '/').'/';
+
+    if (!str_starts_with($releasePath, $home)) {
+        return $releasePath;
+    }
+
+    return substr($releasePath, strlen($home));
+});
+
 host('prod')
     ->setHostname('185.243.135.29')
     ->setRemoteUser('p704161')