From b9396372665385fffad53c864c6652f1d809f171 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francois Herbert <francois@herbert.org.nz>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 07:15:13 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] Add warning regarding infinite recursion

---
 awx/main/conf.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/awx/main/conf.py b/awx/main/conf.py
index 1aa3990aee..51cc62af77 100644
--- a/awx/main/conf.py
+++ b/awx/main/conf.py
@@ -428,7 +428,9 @@ register(
     field_class=fields.BooleanField,
     default=False,
     label=_('Follow symlinks'),
-    help_text=_('Follow symbolic links when scanning for playbooks'),
+    help_text=_('Follow symbolic links when scanning for playbooks. Be aware that setting this to True '
+        'can lead to infinite recursion if a link points to a parent directory of itself.'
+    ),
     category=_('Jobs'),
     category_slug='jobs',
 )