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Other projects (likewise apache) do exactly this by configuration directives
that either enable or disable the following of symlinks.

Could we argue to turn symlinks off by default, but add a configuration
option to re-enable them?

If we decide to do so, we should further discuss how mercurial should treat
symlinks when it comes down to clone a repository locally.

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> > One can
> > for example hard-link subdirectories of a repository and experience
> similar
> 
> You'll be disappointed to learn that Unix has been playing nanny and
> preventing users from hardlinking directories since at least 1976. See
> line 5921 in Lions' if you have a copy handy. And you know something is
> a -seriously- bad idea if Unix won't let you do it.

I'm aware that the unix world prevents normal users from hardlinking, but
still: superusers can do and there are usecases where it makes sense.
 
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