Allow a posix file source to prefer linking.

[jmchilton]

The linking upload parameters will still be respected, but if none of them are set data fetch will default to just linking files during upload. This uses Dataset.external_filename instead of symlinks in the objectstore so that Galaxy has better tracking of the links and so this works closer to the way data libraries have always worked.

Alternative to #19125.

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[guerler]

Thank you @jmchilton. I tried this and ran into an issue. The upload works fine and the dataset looks good but when attempting to run a job with that linked dataset the tool cannot find the input file.

[jmchilton]

I've added a test case for running a tool afterward and it works fine... I'm going to have to gulp... use Galaxy... aren't I?

[jmchilton]

It worked fine for me. Details below.

Did this not work on your laptop or on a cluster? Can you confirm the external_filename points at a valid path after the upload? Are any parent directories of the external_filename symbolic links - I've had problems with /private/tmp vs /tmp when using Docker for instance.

Uploaded Dataset:

After running a tool on it:

Config:

- id: home_directory
  label: Home Directory
  doc: Your Home Directory on this System
  type: posix
  root: "/Users/jxc755/"
  prefer_links: true

[guerler]

Thank you!