--- a/cutils/shasum.py	Thu May 26 23:14:38 2022 +0200
+++ b/cutils/shasum.py	Sun May 29 01:06:25 2022 +0200
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@
         help='Allow FreeBSD "distinfo" formatted checklists: ignore SIZE and TIMESTAMP lines.')
 
     aparser.add_argument(
+        "--follow-symlinks", action="store_true", dest="follow_symlinks",
+        help="""Also follow symlinks that resolve to directories. Only effective if `--recurse` is activated.""")
+
+    aparser.add_argument(
         "--mmap", action="store_true", dest="mmap", default=None,
         help="""Use mmap if available. Default is to determine automatically
  from the filesize.""")
@@ -95,7 +99,7 @@
 
     aparser.add_argument(
         "--recurse", action="store_true",
-        help="Recurse into sub-directories while interpreting every FILE as a directory")
+        help="Recurse into sub-directories while interpreting every FILE as a directory.")
 
     aparser.add_argument(
         "--reverse", "-r", action="store_false", dest="bsd", default=False,
@@ -174,7 +178,8 @@
                     raise OSError(errno.ENOTDIR, "not a directory", dn)
                 else:
                     raise OSError(errno.ENOENT, "directory does not exist", dn)
-            for dirpath, dirnames, dirfiles in os.walk(dn, followlinks=True):
+            for dirpath, dirnames, dirfiles in os.walk(
+                    dn, followlinks=opts.follow_symlinks):
                 for fn in dirfiles:
                     path = os.path.join(dirpath, fn)
                     out(opts.dest or sys.stdout,