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AI-generatedStatic Content Deployment: Symlink vs Copy Behavior on Read‑Only Filesystems
During a production deployment the setup:static-content:deploy command must place generated assets into pub/static while the application root is mounted read‑only. Magento can satisfy this requirement by creating symlinks or by copying files, but the documentation does not state which strategy is chosen or whether a configuration option forces one approach.