title: Getting an error "cd: '/Users/x/Downloads/' is a rotten symlink" in Fish shell
body: <p>Today I logged onto my machine and tried to <code>cd ~/Downloads</code>, but my shell (Fish) just returns the error <code>cd: '/Users/x/Downloads/' is a rotten symlink</code> without any further information.</p>
  <p>It seems to originate from Fish's <code>builtin_cd</code> function call <a href="https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/blob/master/src/builtin_cd.cpp#L112" rel="noreferrer">here</a>, however I can't tell what the reason is since my <code>Downloads</code> directory is not symlinked.</p>
  <p>I'm able to <code>cd</code> into any other directory just fine and I'm able to access <code>Downloads</code> through MacOS's UI (Finder) so I don't think the directory data has been corrupted.</p>
  <p>Does anyone know what the cause of this error could be and/or how to fix it?</p>
  <p>edit: I've already tried reinstalling <code>Fish</code> from my package manager (homebrew), to no avail.</p>