From e121de35a3231764dadb42f43ffa813262f46b18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 17:01:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix variable used for symlinking absolute paths, refs #8700

---
 src/Composer/Downloader/PathDownloader.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Composer/Downloader/PathDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Downloader/PathDownloader.php
index d7f0c06ee..1e614b6bd 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Downloader/PathDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Downloader/PathDownloader.php
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class PathDownloader extends FileDownloader implements VcsCapableDownloaderInter
                     if ($transportOptions['relative']) {
                         $fileSystem->symlink($shortestPath, $path);
                     } else {
-                        $fileSystem->symlink($absolutePath, $path);
+                        $fileSystem->symlink($realUrl, $path);
                     }
                 }
             } catch (IOException $e) {