From 1a4c861c884a5c0a709c1f8a3bb20de668b70d24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: themanyone <nospam@thenerdshow.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 18:37:15 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: symlinks appearing as duplicates in pager stash #965

Date:      Mon Jun 1 18:37:15 2026 -0800
modified:   ui/ui.go
details: stripAbsolutePath now uses filepath.Rel instead of EvalSymlinks.
        That way symlinks keep their own name in the stash.
        Tests pass.
---
 ui/ui.go | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ui/ui.go b/ui/ui.go
index 9a295c0..4779811 100644
--- a/ui/ui.go
+++ b/ui/ui.go
@@ -470,9 +470,12 @@ func localFileToMarkdown(cwd string, res gitcha.SearchResult) *markdown {
 }
 
 func stripAbsolutePath(fullPath, cwd string) string {
-	fp, _ := filepath.EvalSymlinks(fullPath)
 	cp, _ := filepath.EvalSymlinks(cwd)
-	return strings.ReplaceAll(fp, cp+string(os.PathSeparator), "")
+	rel, err := filepath.Rel(cp, fullPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fullPath
+	}
+	return rel
 }
 
 // Lightweight version of reflow's indent function.