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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2021-05-12 14:22:19 +0900
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2021-05-12 14:22:19 +0900
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@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ not tracked by Git remain untracked.
To stop tracking a file that is currently tracked, use
'git rm --cached'.
+Git does not follow symbolic links when accessing a `.gitignore` file in
+the working tree. This keeps behavior consistent when the file is
+accessed from the index or a tree versus from the filesystem.
+
EXAMPLES
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