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Document that special file exclusion also excludes symlinks to special files (#596).

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@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ such files. Common directories to exclude are `/dev` and `/run`, but that may
not be exhaustive. <span class="minilink minilink-addedin">New in version
1.7.3</span> When database hooks are enabled, borgmatic automatically excludes
special files that may cause Borg to hang, so you no longer need to manually
exclude them. You can override/prevent this behavior by explicitly setting
`read_special` to true.
exclude them. (This includes symlinks with special files as a destination.) You
can override/prevent this behavior by explicitly setting `read_special` to true.
### Manual restoration