Disable relation file linking by default

src/machinable/interface.py

@@ -205,9 +205,12 @@ def _wrapper(
 belongs_to_many = _relation(BelongsToMany)
 
 
-def _uuid_symlink(directory, uuid, mode="file"):
-    dst = os.path.join(directory, id_from_uuid(uuid))
+def _uuid_symlink(directory, uuid, mode=None):
+    dst = os.path.join(directory, "related", id_from_uuid(uuid))
     try:
+        if mode is None:
+            return uuid
+
         os.makedirs(dst, exist_ok=True)
         if mode == "file":
             with open(os.path.join(dst, "link"), "w") as f:

tests/test_interface.py

@@ -42,19 +42,22 @@ def test_interface_to_directory(tmp_path):
     )
 
 
-def test_interface_to_directory_inverse_relations(tmp_storage):
+def test_interface_to_dir_inverse_relations(tmp_storage):
     a = Interface()
     b = Interface(uses=a)
     b.commit()
 
     assert a.used_by[0] == b
 
     def _related(interface, expected):
-        x = sorted(os.listdir(interface.local_directory("related")))
-        try:
-            x.remove("metadata.jsonl")
-        except:
-            pass
+        x = sorted(
+            [
+                d
+                for d in os.listdir(interface.local_directory("related"))
+                if d != "metadata.jsonl"
+                and not os.path.isdir(interface.local_directory("related", d))
+            ]
+        )
         assert x == expected
 
     _related(b, ["uses"])
@@ -272,13 +275,13 @@ def test_interface_modifiers(tmp_storage):
     project.__exit__()
 
 
-def test_symlink_relations(tmp_storage):
-    project = Project("./tests/samples/project").__enter__()
+# def test_symlink_relations(tmp_storage):
+#     project = Project("./tests/samples/project").__enter__()
 
-    component = get("dummy").launch()
-    assert os.path.isfile(component.execution.component_directory("link"))
+#     component = get("dummy").launch()
+#     assert os.path.isfile(component.execution.local_directory("related", component.id, "link"))
 
-    project.__exit__()
+#     project.__exit__()
 
 
 def test_interface_hash(tmp_storage):