local: Add follow symlinks setting

docs/ext/local.rst

@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ See :ref:`config` for general help on configuring Mopidy.
     Number of milliseconds before giving up scanning a file and moving on to
     the next file.
 
+.. confval:: local/scan_follow_symlinks
+
+    If we should follow symlinks found in :confval:`local/media_dir`
+
 .. confval:: local/scan_flush_threshold
 
     Number of tracks to wait before telling library it should try and store

mopidy/local/__init__.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class Extension(ext.Extension):
         schema['scan_timeout'] = config.Integer(
             minimum=1000, maximum=1000*60*60)
         schema['scan_flush_threshold'] = config.Integer(minimum=0)
+        schema['scan_follow_symlinks'] = config.Boolean()
         schema['excluded_file_extensions'] = config.List(optional=True)
         return schema
 

mopidy/local/commands.py

@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ class ScanCommand(commands.Command):
         uris_to_update = set()
         uris_to_remove = set()
 
-        file_mtimes, file_errors = path.find_mtimes(media_dir)
+        file_mtimes, file_errors = path.find_mtimes(
+            media_dir, follow=config['local']['scan_follow_symlinks'])
 
         logger.info('Found %d files in media_dir.', len(file_mtimes))
 

mopidy/local/ext.conf

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ data_dir = $XDG_DATA_DIR/mopidy/local
 playlists_dir = $XDG_DATA_DIR/mopidy/local/playlists
 scan_timeout = 1000
 scan_flush_threshold = 1000
+scan_follow_symlinks = false
 excluded_file_extensions =
   .directory
   .html