{"version":"2.1.228","anchor":"symlinked-plugin-checkouts-are-no-longer-marked-orphaned","canonical_anchor":"symlinked-plugin-checkouts-are-no-longer-marked-orphaned","heading":"Symlinked plugin checkouts are no longer marked orphaned","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.228\/e\/symlinked-plugin-checkouts-are-no-longer-marked-orphaned","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.228","markdown":"### Symlinked plugin checkouts are no longer marked orphaned\n\nSymlinked plugin checkouts used for development are no longer cleaned up as orphans.\n\n**What**\n\nA plugin version installed as a symlink, which is how local development checkouts are usually set up, is no longer flagged as orphaned and cleaned up.\n\n**Details**\n\n- The install path is checked for being a symlink before the orphan marker is written, and the code logs \"Not marking a symlinked plugin version: <path>\" and stops.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`Not marking a symlinked plugin version`\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}