saltstack/salt — pull request #12738 by garethgreenaway (2014-05-13 17:03:18+00:00)
Title: Adding the ability for the file manage module and state to handle symlinks.

Adding the ability for the manage_file and manage state to properly handle symlinks. This change adds the ability to specify if symlinks should be followed of not by the manage state and manage_file module, by default they are followed. When follow_symlinks is True, the target file of the symbolic link is updated. If follow_symlinks is set to False then the symlink is replaced with a real file with any updates that are required.