From 079bee577486d7728481cc30f71c81f530fb1dcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dissimulo <connect+gitea@dustin-williams.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:01:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] spam-ascii: pass -L to find so it dereferences ~/ascii when
 symlinked

~/ascii is a symlink to ~/.yadr/ascii. Without -L, 'find <symlink>'
treats the link itself as the starting point, -type f rules it out,
and fuzzy matches return nothing.
---
 .local/bin/spam-ascii | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.local/bin/spam-ascii b/.local/bin/spam-ascii
index 19b3067e..f4a11162 100755
--- a/.local/bin/spam-ascii
+++ b/.local/bin/spam-ascii
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ for candidate in \
     fi
 done
 
-# 3. First case-insensitive substring match.
-match=$(find "$dir" -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname "*$pattern*" 2>/dev/null \
+# 3. First case-insensitive substring match. -L so find follows a possible
+# symlink starting point (e.g. ~/ascii -> ~/.yadr/ascii); without it, find
+# treats the symlink itself as the "starting point" and ignores -type f.
+match=$(find -L "$dir" -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname "*$pattern*" 2>/dev/null \
         | sort \
         | head -n1)