{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dear-github/dear-github/issues/156","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dear-github/dear-github","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dear-github/dear-github/issues/156/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dear-github/dear-github/issues/156/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dear-github/dear-github/issues/156/events","html_url":"https://github.com/dear-github/dear-github/issues/156","id":150036069,"number":156,"title":"Support symbolic link","user":{"login":"npcode","id":1129852,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1129852?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/npcode","html_url":"https://github.com/npcode","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/npcode/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/npcode/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/npcode/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/npcode/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/npcode/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/npcode/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/npcode/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/npcode/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/npcode/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2016-04-21T10:49:05Z","updated_at":"2016-04-21T12:34:23Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Sometimes I move document file to another directory in my repository. Unfortunately it breaks the link to the old location.\r\n\r\nIt would be nice if I add a symlink (old -> new) then Github redirects it to the new location."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dear-github/dear-github/issues/comments/212898230","html_url":"https://github.com/dear-github/dear-github/issues/156#issuecomment-212898230","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dear-github/dear-github/issues/156","id":212898230,"user":{"login":"nelsonic","id":194400,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/194400?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/nelsonic","html_url":"https://github.com/nelsonic","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nelsonic/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nelsonic/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nelsonic/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nelsonic/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nelsonic/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nelsonic/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nelsonic/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nelsonic/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/nelsonic/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-04-21T12:34:23Z","updated_at":"2016-04-21T12:34:23Z","body":"@npcode have you tried moving the file using [`git mv`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-mv) to preserve the file/git history?"}}