# Spec reference: docs/specification.md ~lines 23705-23719, 24619-24631
schema_version: "1.0"
name: symlink
description: "Cross-layer symlink identity. Links fs-symlink and git-tree-entry (mode 120000) resources with the same name and target."
resource_kind: virtual
sandbox_strategy: none
user_addable: false
built_in: true
cli_args: []
parent_types: []
child_types: ["fs-symlink", "git-tree-entry"]
capabilities:
  read: false
  write: false
  sandbox: false
  checkpoint: false
equivalence:
  criteria: ["name", "target_path"]
  description: "Two physical symlink resources share a symlink parent when they have the same name and target path."
handler: null
