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19 changes: 19 additions & 0 deletions features/media-import.feature
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Expand Up @@ -138,6 +138,25 @@ Feature: Manage WordPress attachments
And the wp-content/uploads/large-image.jpg file should not exist
And the return code should be 0

Scenario: Import a file with --skip-copy using a path relative to the current directory
Given download:
| path | url |
| {CACHE_DIR}/codeispoetry.png | http://wp-cli.github.io/behat-data/codeispoetry.png |
And I run `wp option update uploads_use_yearmonth_folders 0`
And I run `wp media import {CACHE_DIR}/codeispoetry.png`

When I run `wp media import wp-content/uploads/codeispoetry.png --skip-copy --porcelain`
Then save STDOUT as {ATTACHMENT_ID}

When I run `wp post meta get {ATTACHMENT_ID} _wp_attached_file`
Then STDOUT should be:
"""
codeispoetry.png
"""

When I run `wp eval 'echo wp_get_attachment_url( {ATTACHMENT_ID} );'`
Then STDOUT should match #/wp-content/uploads/codeispoetry\.png$#
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This step passes on main too, so it does not test the fix. A check on get_attached_file() fails on main (false) and passes with this PR:

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When I run `wp eval 'echo wp_get_attachment_url( {ATTACHMENT_ID} );'`
Then STDOUT should match #/wp-content/uploads/codeispoetry\.png$#
When I run `wp eval 'var_export( file_exists( get_attached_file( {ATTACHMENT_ID} ) ) );'`
Then STDOUT should be:
"""
true
"""


Scenario: Import a file and use its filename as the title
Given download:
| path | url |
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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions src/Media_Command.php
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Expand Up @@ -606,6 +606,13 @@ public function import( $args, $assoc_args = array() ) {
++$errors;
continue;
}
// With --skip-copy the path is stored as-is, so a relative one would not resolve against the uploads directory.
if ( Utils\get_flag_value( $assoc_args, 'skip-copy' ) && ! Path::is_absolute( $file ) ) {
$absolute_file = realpath( $file );
if ( false !== $absolute_file ) {
$file = $absolute_file;

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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printf '%s\n' '--- source around changed lines ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- references to attachment path and URL assertions ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.php' --glob '*.feature' -- '_wp_attached_file' . || test "$?" -eq 1
rg -n -F --glob '*.php' --glob '*.feature' -- 'wp_get_attachment_url' . || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- WordPress/path configuration ---'
rg -n -F --glob 'composer.json' --glob 'composer.lock' --glob '*.php' -- 'wp_upload_dir' . || test "$?" -eq 1
rg -n -F --glob '*.php' -- 'skip-copy' src tests features || test "$?" -eq 1

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nl -ba src/Media_Command.php | sed -n '1085,1170p'
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Preserve the uploads-relative path for symlinked imports.

realpath() resolves symbolic links. If a relative path under the uploads directory points through a symlink to a target outside that directory, lines 610–614 replace the uploads-visible path with the external target before wp_insert_attachment() stores it. The attachment URL can then fail to map to the symlink path.

When this occurs, pass the normalized absolute path of the original symlink location, not the realpath() target, so WordPress stores the correct uploads-relative path.

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Review comment at @src/Media_Command.php at line 613:
Update the path assignment around $file and $absolute_file so symlinked imports
under uploads retain the normalized absolute path of the original symlink
location instead of the realpath target; preserve the existing behavior for
non-symlinked imports.

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realpath() also resolves symlinks, so with a symlinked uploads directory, or a symlinked file in uploads, this stores the target path and the URL breaks (rows 15 and 17 in my report). This line needs the get_absolute_path() helper from the suggested change in my report:

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$absolute_file = realpath( $file );
if ( false !== $absolute_file ) {
$file = $absolute_file;
}
$file = $this->get_absolute_path( $file );

}
$src_basename = Path::basename( $file );
if ( Utils\get_flag_value( $assoc_args, 'skip-duplicates' ) ) {
$check_basename = $src_basename;
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