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I'm using git-annex with the SHA256 backend. When I git annex add a file, it becomes a symbolic link and the real content goes in a file whose name includes the SHA256 hash.
Suppose the original filename (which is a symbolic link now) is named A. I want to have another filename B point to A. In a non-annex directory I'd create a symbolic link B -> A or a hardlink B that is the same file as A.
Within the git annex directory, I don't want to use another symbolic link B -> A -> keyfile. Instead, I want two symbolic links straight to the content:
* B -> keyfile
* A -> keyfile
This appears to be more elegant, and A or B can be independently unlinked without the other becoming a dangling link. It is also what git annex would do if A and B are added with the same content separately. I want a command that creates B: git annex ln A B
Apologies if there is already such a git annex command. There doesn't seem to be a direct equivalent in cp's arguments or rsync's arguments to fixup the relative link path while copying it, and it needs a longer series of piped commands. As the link would be created within the annex directory, having git annex provide a single command to do it would be most useful.