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Subject: Re: A puzzle: reset --hard and hard links
To:     "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>,
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 at 19:21, brian m. carlson
<sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> wrote:
> No, there isn't.  If you need to deal with files that should be linked
> and stored in a Git repository, your best bet is symlinks.

Okay, thank you. I unfortunately do not have a choice over which kind
of link (soft or hard) is used. I will find a workaround.