Dreamweaver Site Manager: Symbolic Link Handling During Sync

In Dreamweaver’s Site Manager, a local project folder can contain symbolic links that point to files inside or outside the site root. When the site is synchronized to a remote destination, the documentation does not specify whether the link itself is transferred or the target file is uploaded. This uncertainty can affect repeatable development environments, especially when links are used to share common assets across multiple sites.

Current observations suggest that Dreamweaver may ignore links that reference files outside the local site directory, potentially leaving the remote server without the expected reference. The behavior also appears to vary across operating systems, but no official guidance exists to configure or predict the outcome.

What is Dreamweaver’s default behavior for symbolic links during site synchronization? Is there a setting to preserve links or force the upload of the target file? How does the behavior differ on Windows, macOS, and Linux?