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How does Git treat hardlinked files which are outside the working directory?

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WSWeiwei Shu <shuww1980@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 23, 2008, 23:13 UTC
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<65d12cb10810231613s5d9474c1g3f0264c378bcc184@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,

Can someone point to me if there is any special care needed for hardlink files if they are outside the versioned directory? Thanks!

Weiwei
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  1. Weiwei ShuOct 23, 2008

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