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RE: Symbolic link documentation

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MMMatt Seitz (matseitz) <matseitz@cisco.com>
Date
Sep 20, 2007, 19:11 UTC
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From: spearce@spearce.org [mailto:spearce@spearce.org] 
> 
> So Git handles symlinks in the working tree *without* 
> dereferencing them.

Thanks. Is there a recommended procedure for tracking changes when the symlink target is outside the working tree?

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