Description
Steps to reproduce
$ mkdir bar
$ ln -s bar foo
$ ls -lad foo bar
drwxr-xr-x 2 jaraco staff 68 Aug 19 11:52 bar
lrwxr-xr-x 1 jaraco staff 3 Aug 19 11:52 foo -> bar
$ powershell
PowerShell
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PS /Users/jaraco> dir foo
Directory: /Users/jaraco
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d----l 8/19/16 11:52 AM foo
PS /Users/jaraco> cat > foo/text.txt
this is a file
PS /Users/jaraco> ls foo
text.txt
PS /Users/jaraco> dir foo
Directory: /Users/jaraco
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d----l 8/19/16 11:52 AM foo
Although the symbolic link seems to be honored for cat, it's not honored for tab completion or dir.
Expected behavior
The symbolic link should be treated like its target for tab completion and dir, as symbolic links are in Windows Powershell or bash. dir foo should render identical to dir bar. Tab completion on foo/ should complete with the text file.
Actual behavior
The symbolic links seem to be treated like simple files.
Environment data
> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 6.0.0-alpha
PSEdition Core
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 3.0.0.0
GitCommitId v6.0.0-alpha.9
CLRVersion
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1