[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="http://joey.kitenet.net/"
 nickname="joey"
 subject="comment 5"
 date="2011-06-10T16:41:43Z"
 content="""
@ethan the reason that wouldn't work is because git would then see a file that was checked in and had its one line symlinkish content replaced with a huge binary blob. And git commit would try to commit that etc. The potential for foot-shooting is too high.
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