Subject: Re: Symbolic link documentation

From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:16:51 -0400

"Matt Seitz (matseitz)" <[email-masked]> wrote:
> From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]] 
> > 
> > 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?

Move the link target so its inside the working tree?

Git won't step outside of the working tree to look for or to record
changes.  Its outside.  We don't track things outside of the part
of the world you've asked us to track.

-- 
Shawn.