[[!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. """]]