About git reporting missing newline for symlinks

From: Ignacio Taranto <ignacio.taranto@eclypsium.com>
Date: Oct 12, 2022, 21:17 UTC
Message-ID: <CAAHd=zcrU3VJro1R3xDj3hmqGXZHUA6rHuDFxwhF5aewNvA8xQ@mail.gmail.com>

So, both git diff and git show display "\ No newline at end of file" for symlinks.

I think this is related to how Git renders diffs, IMO it shouldn't display a warning about newlines for symlinks.

Am I making any sense here?

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