From a60ffed9e73a5956b6400ae8863856967982c779 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 22:59:30 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] path/filepath: document that Walk does not follow symlinks

Fixes #4759.

R=golang-dev, bradfitz
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/7304043
---
 src/pkg/path/filepath/path.go | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/pkg/path/filepath/path.go b/src/pkg/path/filepath/path.go
index bbd738d8c81..bcb81824abd 100644
--- a/src/pkg/path/filepath/path.go
+++ b/src/pkg/path/filepath/path.go
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ func walk(path string, info os.FileInfo, walkFn WalkFunc) error {
 // and directories are filtered by walkFn. The files are walked in lexical
 // order, which makes the output deterministic but means that for very
 // large directories Walk can be inefficient.
+// Walk does not follow symbolic links.
 func Walk(root string, walkFn WalkFunc) error {
 	info, err := os.Lstat(root)
 	if err != nil {