Choosing Between Hard Links and Symbolic Links on Unix Filesystems
A quick decision guide for when to use hard links vs symlinks, covering cross‑filesystem limits, backup impact, and how to verify link behavior.
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unixFailure to trigger restart on symlink target change
Nodemon monitors file system events to automate application restarts upon file modifications. Documented behavior indicates inconsistent handling of symbolic links across file systems. When a watched path contains a symlink, changes to the target directory or file may not be observed if the symlink inode or metadata remains unchanged. This creates uncertaint
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