Don't delete symlinks in test mode

Author: lkubb

changelog/69895.fixed.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed `x509_v2.certificate_managed` deleting symlinks in test mode if `follow_symlinks` was explicitly set to `false`

salt/states/x509_v2.py

@@ -466,8 +466,9 @@ def certificate_managed(
             if file_args.get("follow_symlinks", True):
                 real_name = os.path.realpath(name)
             else:
-                # workaround https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/31802
-                __salt__["file.remove"](name)
+                if not __opts__["test"]:
+                    # workaround https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/31802
+                    __salt__["file.remove"](name)
                 replace = True
 
         if __salt__["file.file_exists"](real_name):