jergason · lonelyelk · Apr 3, 2017
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
@@ -41,6 +41,23 @@ function readdir(path, ignores, callback) {
       var filePath = p.join(path, file)
       fs.stat(filePath, function(_err, stats) {
         if (_err) {
+          if (_err.code == 'ENOENT') {
+            fs.lstat(filePath, function(_lserr, stats) {
+              if (_lserr) {
+                return callback(_lserr)
+              }
+
+              if (ignores.some(function(matcher) { return matcher(filePath, stats) })) {
+                pending -= 1
+                if (!pending) {
+                  return callback(null, list)
+                }
+                return null
+              }
+              return callback(_err)
+            })
+            return null
+          }
           return callback(_err)
         }
 

diff --git a/test/recursive-readdir-test.js b/test/recursive-readdir-test.js
@@ -240,6 +240,22 @@ describe('readdir', function() {
         done()
       })
     })
+
+    it('does not fail on broken symlink if it is ignored', function(done) {
+      var expectedFiles = getAbsolutePaths([
+        '/testbrokensymlink/foo.bar'
+      ])
+      function ignoreFunction(path, stats) {
+        return stats.isSymbolicLink();
+      }
+
+      readdir(p.join(__dirname, 'testbrokensymlink'), [ignoreFunction], function(err, list) {
+        assert.ifError(err)
+        assert.deepEqual(list.sort(), expectedFiles,
+                         'Failed to find expected files.')
+        done()
+      })
+    })
   })
 
   it('works when there are no files to report except ignored files', function(done) {

diff --git a/test/testbrokensymlink/brokenlink b/test/testbrokensymlink/brokenlink
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+badlink
diff --git a/test/testbrokensymlink/foo.bar b/test/testbrokensymlink/foo.bar