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On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 02:16:49PM +0000, nferrier@tapsellferrier.co.uk wrote:
> I think that would be safer than a direct symlink.

Why is it safer?  I thought that CVS explicitly checked for symlinks in the
repository, and did `the right thing' with those it found.  No?

-Miles
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