README: clarify treatment of symlinks

cortesi · Jul 25, 2018 · 601ab6f · 601ab6f
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@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@ restart by modd.
 
 ## Symlinks
 
-Modd does not implicitly traverse symlinks. To monitor a symlink, it must be
-specified as the base of an include pattern, like this:
+Modd does not implicitly traverse symlinks. To monitor a symlink, split the path
+specification and the matching pattern, like this:
 
 ```
-mydir mydir/symlinkdir/** {
+mydir/symlinkdir foo.* {
     prep: echo changed
 }
 ```
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ the current working directory, the resulting paths for matches, exclusions and
 commands will be absolute.
 
 
-
 ## Syntax
 
 File patterns support the following syntax: