Import doesn't follow symlinks
I've set a Symlink to my Pictures directory. Shotwell seems to support this - when I Import from Folder, and pick that directory, I see all of files and folders within the symlink'd directory. However, it seems the actual code for Import from Folder behaves differently. When I select the symlink, nothing gets imported. I just get a message that one file was not a valid image and was ignored, apparently the symlink itself. This is very confusing - it took me days to figure out why I couldn't Import my old pictures.
Here is what is in the log file. Fairly clear I suppose, once you know what's going on.
Import Results Report (Shotwell 0.30.11 @ 2022-07-17T21:46:36.507954Z)
Attempted to import 1 file. Of these, 0 files were successfully imported.
Files Not Imported Because They Weren’t Recognized as Photos or Videos:
/home/jim/Pictures error message: