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Then you do a git annex unsymlink command. And then all your symlinks are deleted and the actual file placed there.
Then you just type git annex symlink again to re-symlink them all.
> I think you are looking for the `unlock` and `add` (or `lock`) commands. Basically, to edit the file in photoshop, you want:
>
> <pre>
> git annex unlock file.psd
> photoshop file.psd # ...
> git annex add file.psd # if you are happy with your changes or...
> git annex lock file.psd # if you want to discard your changes
> </pre>
>
> So basically what you are asking for is already [[done]], in my mind. I still think there are significant [[usability issues|forum/usability:_what_are_those_arrow_things__63__/]] with symlinks, but that's another story. --[[anarcat]]