symlink to root directory?

[lorenzhs]

I can't seem to get a symlink of the form foo -> . to work (ln -s . foo). Using / as a target doesn't work either. I have a .nojekyll file, so I'm a bit stumped. Any ideas?

[dandv]

If it were possible to symlink to the root dir, then we'd need no more git subtree tricks to deploy /dist.

See more at https://github.com/dandv/gh-pages-symlink-fail/

[lorenzhs]

Thanks, that trick is awesome!