Bad download of symbolic links in artificats

Summary

When trying to download a file from an artifact which is a symbolic link, I get a text file with the name of the linked file instead of the linked file itself.

E.g. https://gitlab.com/ensc/test-ci-dl/-/jobs/180921745/artifacts/file/out/bar points to "foo" with content expected content. But clicking "download" creates the file "bar" with content foo.

Steps to reproduce

• create artifacts containing symlinks; e.g. https://gitlab.com/ensc/test-ci-dl/blob/master/.gitlab-ci.yml

• try to download a file from the artifact

Example Project

https://gitlab.com/ensc/test-ci-dl

What is the current bug behavior?

Text file with name of linked file will be downloaded.

What is the expected correct behavior?

The linked file will be downloaded