ddev symlink-project command is not creating module links locally

Created on 11 July 2025, about 10 hours ago

Steve noticed that the new files he added were not loading in his local ddev site. Turns out there were updates to the symlink file from https://www.drupal.org/project/gitlab_templates/issues/3506040 ✨ Try to remove most of the hardcoded "/custom" paths and use DRUPAL_PROJECT_FOLDER to calculate the right ones Active and https://github.com/ddev/ddev-drupal-contrib that needed to be made to have symlink project work again. Likely related to this https://github.com/ddev/ddev-drupal-contrib/issues/111

The process is to checkout the repo locally, run the following commands confirm it works and commit the changes to the ddev files

ddev add-on get ddev/ddev-drupal-contrib
ddev restart

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Status

Active

Version

1.0

Component

Code

Created by

🇺🇸United States dmundra Eugene, OR

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Issue created by @dmundra
Merge request !41Updated .ddev to newer version fixing symlink-project issue → (Merged) created by dmundra
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Comment about 10 hours ago →
🇺🇸United States dmundra Eugene, OR
How to QA

Check out the branch from the MR

Run ddev restart

Run rm web/modules/custom/alt_text_validation/* to remove all symlinks

Run ddev symlink-project

Run ls -la web/modules/custom/alt_text_validation/

Confirm the symlinks have been recreated correctly
Comment about 6 hours ago →
🇺🇸United States swirt Florida
You are my hero. Thank you for digging in and figuring this out @dmundra

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