Converting a file from symlink while archiving the unsafe version results in the symlink (not original document) being archived about dangerzone HOT 1 OPEN

That's an interesting case. We can't move the file the symlink points to, since another symlink may point to that as well. On the other hand, it doesn't make sense to move just the symlink, as this is brittle (as you correctly pointed out).

What we should probably do here is:

1. Resolve the symlink, and find the original file.
2. Copy (but not move) the original file under unsafe/
3. Remove the symlink.

This way, it's less easy for the user to accidentally click on the original file (that's the spirit of the archiving feature), and we are sure that they can recover the original file from the unsafe/ directory, even if they move stuff around (also very important).

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