def _find_link_target(self, tarinfo):
        """Find the target member of a symlink or hardlink member in the
           archive.
        """
        if tarinfo.issym():
            # Always search the entire archive.
            linkname = os.path.dirname(tarinfo.name) + "/" + tarinfo.linkname
            limit = None
        else:
            # Search the archive before the link, because a hard link is
            # just a reference to an already archived file.
            linkname = tarinfo.linkname
            limit = tarinfo

        member = self._getmember(linkname, tarinfo=limit, normalize=True)
        if member is None:
            raise KeyError("linkname %r not found" % linkname)
        return member
Find the target member of a symlink or hardlink member in the
           archive.
        
product/gradle-plugin/src/main/python/pip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/tarfile.py