2 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/internal/resource/link/link.go b/internal/resource/link/link.go
index 0a6b8e6..3133514 100644
--- a/internal/resource/link/link.go
+++ b/internal/resource/link/link.go
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ func Have(path string, opts ...Option) resource.Resource {
 	return res
 }
 
+func Absent(path string, opts ...Option) resource.Resource {
+	opts = append(opts, IsAbsent())
+	return Have(path, opts...)
+}
+
 func ensureAbsent(path string) error {
 	log.Printf("ensuring link absent: %s", path)
 
diff --git a/internal/resource/link/link_test.go b/internal/resource/link/link_test.go
index 8da674b..6f1b1bc 100644
--- a/internal/resource/link/link_test.go
+++ b/internal/resource/link/link_test.go
@@ -170,6 +170,29 @@ func TestHaveAbsentSymlink(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAbsentSymlink(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	target := filepath.Join(dir, "target.txt")
+	link := filepath.Join(dir, "link.txt")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(target, []byte("t"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.Symlink(target, link); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	Absent(link)
+	if _, err := os.Lstat(link); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %s to be removed", link)
+	}
+
+	// Idempotent: removing a missing link is not an error (direct call to
+	// avoid duplicate registration in the one-per-process registry).
+	if err := ensureAbsent(link); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("absent on missing link: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestHaveAbsentWithoutKindRegistersGenericLink(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	path := filepath.Join(dir, "whatever")