From 9a364e607b67621be21e7ed8b0c1accb0ddb9f01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Salman Muin Kayser Chishti <salmanmkc@github.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:42:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] update io utils

---
 packages/io/package-lock.json | 4 ++--
 packages/io/package.json      | 2 +-
 packages/io/src/io-util.ts    | 3 ++-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/io/package-lock.json b/packages/io/package-lock.json
index 1df8ee9f..ddd87acf 100644
--- a/packages/io/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/io/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@actions/io",
-  "version": "1.1.3",
+  "version": "2.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@actions/io",
-      "version": "1.1.3",
+      "version": "2.0.0",
       "license": "MIT"
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/io/package.json b/packages/io/package.json
index e8c8d8fb..f0be1206 100644
--- a/packages/io/package.json
+++ b/packages/io/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@actions/io",
-  "version": "1.1.3",
+  "version": "2.0.0",
   "description": "Actions io lib",
   "keywords": [
     "github",
diff --git a/packages/io/src/io-util.ts b/packages/io/src/io-util.ts
index 67bae805..7cd42b8f 100644
--- a/packages/io/src/io-util.ts
+++ b/packages/io/src/io-util.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ export async function readlink(fsPath: string): Promise<string> {
   // Only on Windows, ensure directory symlinks end with a backslash
   if (IS_WINDOWS) {
     try {
-      const stats = await fs.promises.lstat(result)
+      // Use stat on the target to check if it's a directory (result is already resolved)
+      const stats = await fs.promises.stat(result)
       if (stats.isDirectory() && !result.endsWith('\\')) {
         return `${result}\\`
       }