Fix(compress): replace broken symlinks with real files#153
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JuliusBrussee merged 3 commits intoJuliusBrussee:mainfrom Apr 15, 2026
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Fix(compress): replace broken symlinks with real files#153JuliusBrussee merged 3 commits intoJuliusBrussee:mainfrom
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Gemini CLI fails to load skills through symlinks. Replace symlinks in skills/compress/ with actual file copies and update CI to keep them in sync. Remove redundant root compress/ directory.
Gemini CLI fails to load skills through symlinks. Replace symlinks in skills/compress/ with actual file copies and update CI to keep them in sync. Remove redundant root compress/ directory.
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Before:
Commands like
gemini extensions listand session startup logged loud ENOENT stack traces because the CLI failed to resolve symlinks in skills/compress/. The CLI recovered, but the output was polluted and the compress skill itself failed to load. Additionally, the repo had a redundant root compress/ directory duplicating the skills/compress location.After:
The skills/compress/ now contains physical copies of the files, and the old root compress/ directory has been removed. .github/workflows/sync-skill.yml is updated to automatically keep skills/compress/ synchronized with the source of truth in caveman-compress/. Relative paths inside the copied SKILL.md are patched automatically during CI just like the plugins version.
CONTRIBUTING.md was also updated to explicitly instruct contributors that caveman-compress/ is the single source of truth for edits.
Why change better:
Eliminates confusing error traces in Gemini CLI and ensures the compress skill loads properly in environments that don't follow repository symlinks, while maintaining a single source of truth via existing CI pipelines.