[6.1.x] Two backports

changelog/7981.bugfix.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed symlinked directories not being followed during collection. Regressed in pytest 6.1.0.

doc/en/changelog.rst

@@ -1873,6 +1873,44 @@ Improved Documentation
 - `#5416 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/5416>`_: Fix PytestUnknownMarkWarning in run/skip example.
 
 
+pytest 4.6.11 (2020-06-04)
+==========================
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- `#6334 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/6334>`_: Fix summary entries appearing twice when ``f/F`` and ``s/S`` report chars were used at the same time in the ``-r`` command-line option (for example ``-rFf``).
+
+  The upper case variants were never documented and the preferred form should be the lower case.
+
+
+- `#7310 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/7310>`_: Fix ``UnboundLocalError: local variable 'letter' referenced before
+  assignment`` in ``_pytest.terminal.pytest_report_teststatus()``
+  when plugins return report objects in an unconventional state.
+
+  This was making ``pytest_report_teststatus()`` skip
+  entering if-block branches that declare the ``letter`` variable.
+
+  The fix was to set the initial value of the ``letter`` before
+  the if-block cascade so that it always has a value.
+
+
+pytest 4.6.10 (2020-05-08)
+==========================
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- `#6870 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/6870>`_: New ``Config.invocation_args`` attribute containing the unchanged arguments passed to ``pytest.main()``.
+
+  Remark: while this is technically a new feature and according to our `policy <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/py27-py34-deprecation.html#what-goes-into-4-6-x-releases>`_ it should not have been backported, we have opened an exception in this particular case because it fixes a serious interaction with ``pytest-xdist``, so it can also be considered a bugfix.
+
+Trivial/Internal Changes
+------------------------
+
+- `#6404 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/6404>`_: Remove usage of ``parser`` module, deprecated in Python 3.9.
+
+
 pytest 4.6.9 (2020-01-04)
 =========================
 

src/_pytest/pathlib.py

@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ def visit(
     entries = sorted(os.scandir(path), key=lambda entry: entry.name)
     yield from entries
     for entry in entries:
-        if entry.is_dir(follow_symlinks=False) and recurse(entry):
+        if entry.is_dir() and recurse(entry):
             yield from visit(entry.path, recurse)
 
 

testing/test_collection.py

@@ -1178,6 +1178,15 @@ def test_nodeid(request):
     assert result.ret == 0
 
 
+def test_collect_symlink_dir(testdir: Testdir) -> None:
+    """A symlinked directory is collected."""
+    dir = testdir.mkdir("dir")
+    dir.join("test_it.py").write("def test_it(): pass")
+    symlink_or_skip(dir, testdir.tmpdir.join("symlink_dir"))
+    result = testdir.runpytest()
+    result.assert_outcomes(passed=2)
+
+
 def test_collectignore_via_conftest(testdir):
     """collect_ignore in parent conftest skips importing child (issue #4592)."""
     tests = testdir.mkpydir("tests")