title: Getting git to follow symlinks (again)
body: <p>Somebody already asked how you can get git to follow symlinks. There was an answer for a symlinked <em>directory</em>, but not for a symlinked <em>file</em>. It was also over a year ago.</p>
  
  <p>Question: how do you get git to follow a symlink and add the file it refers to?</p>
  
  <p>Here is the old question: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/86402/how-can-i-get-git-to-follow-symlinks">How can I get git to follow symlinks?</a>. There's also a question about what git typically does <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/954560/what-does-git-do-to-files-that-are-a-symbolic-link">How does git handle symbolic links?</a>. I'm after a way of changing this behaviour.</p>
  
  <p>In case you care: I'm running git 1.5.4.3 on unix and git version 1.6.0 on mac.</p>