# Symlinks for post thumbnail in 0.123

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/symlinks-for-post-thumbnail-in-0-123/48930>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [March 19, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/symlinks-for-post-thumbnail-in-0-123/48930 "2024-03-19T14:21:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![mronetwo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/mronetwo/32/10022_2.png) [@mronetwo](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/mronetwo)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/symlinks-for-post-thumbnail-in-0-123/48930/1 "2024-03-19T14:21:32Z")

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I’m using a symlink to a post thumbnail image. That way I can keep the name of the thumbnail consistent and change the thumbnail by creating a symlink that points to a different file. This doesn’t work anymore, after update to 0.123 - Hugo just doesn’t pick up the thumbnail that’s a symlink. Is it because of this change [Remove symlink support for the input files · Issue #11556 · gohugoio/hugo · GitHub](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/11556)?

If so, is there still a way to do this, or do I have to abandon symlinks completely for this scenario? Would `mounts` help me in any way in this case? I’m not sure what problem `mounts` solve.

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**Author:** ![jmooring](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/jmooring/32/4214_2.png) [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/symlinks-for-post-thumbnail-in-0-123/48930/2 "2024-03-19T14:33:16Z")

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> [@mronetwo](#):
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> I have to abandon symlinks

Yes, you do.

> [@mronetwo](#):
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> Would `mounts` help

Maybe, depends on the scenario.

> [@mronetwo](#):
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> I’m not sure what problem `mounts` solve

A mount maps a directory, and in some cases a file, to Hugo’s virtual file system. It’s conceptually similar to a symlink, without all the baggage described in [https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/11556](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/11556).

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**Author:** ![mronetwo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/mronetwo/32/10022_2.png) [@mronetwo](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/mronetwo)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/symlinks-for-post-thumbnail-in-0-123/48930/3 "2024-03-19T17:48:51Z")

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@jmooring thank you!

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/symlinks-for-post-thumbnail-in-0-123/48930/4 "2024-03-21T17:48:57Z")

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