#762922 ls: selective dereferencing based on reference matching pattern

Package:
coreutils
Source:
coreutils
Description:
GNU core utilities
Submitter:
martin f krafft
Date:
2014-09-26 11:09:07 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#762922#5
Date:
2014-09-26 10:47:25 UTC
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To:
I would like to use --dereference on a certain type of file (git
annex symlinks). Adding it to an ls alias also "hides" all other
symlinks.

Instead, I would love to be able to say

  ls --dereference-if-reference-matches=*.git/annex/objects/* …

is this something worth considering or would this functionality
never make it into coreutils?

Thank you,