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[[!comment format=mdwn
username="sudoman"
ip="216.15.125.93"
subject="ls symlink workaround; idea for a solution"
date="2014-09-29T18:58:23Z"
content="""
as a workaround, you could make a bash alias for `ls -l` -> `ls -lL`. the problem with this is that links to other links are fully dereferenced.
what looks like this in a non-git-annex directory with `ls -lh`:
total 3.8M
-rw-r--r-- 1 sudoman sudoman 3.8M Sep 29 13:56 42x3551_02.pdf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 sudoman sudoman 14 Sep 29 14:00 tmp -> 42x3551_02.pdf
looks like this in an indirect git annex repo with `ls -lhL`:
total 7.5M
-r--r--r-- 1 sudoman sudoman 3.8M Sep 29 13:56 42x3551_02.pdf
-r--r--r-- 1 sudoman sudoman 3.8M Sep 29 13:56 tmp
the ls alias is a bit hackish, but for some purposes it's an improvement.
rsync may work as desired when using a command like `rsync -l --safe-links` (haven't tried it. users might want to experiment by adding `--exclude` to that command.)
a potential solution for ls (and cp) could be the inclusion of a patched version under `git annex util ls`. writing shim programs using `LD_PRELOAD` instead of patching may drastically reduce the amount of code needing future security updates.
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