[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="joey"
 subject="""comment 1"""
 date="2016-02-14T19:14:28Z"
 content="""
Since git natively supports symlinks, adding a whole separate
implementation of them in git-annex would be a needless complication.

You could instead use a direct mode repository, or unlocked files in a v6
repository. Either avoids the symlinks so you don't need to dereference
your cp.
"""]]