Is there really a need for the two symbolic links?

[JJ]

I've checked repo history, and can't find why they are needed. They are polluting the distro tar bundle #44, is there any functional reason for them to be there?

[Tux]

The reason is easy edit. I do my work on modules from the top-level directory and vi CS<tab> is easier than vi lib/Text/CSV.rakumod (or vi li<tab>/<tab><tab>. Likewise vi *pod is easier than vi lib/Text/CSV.pod6

[JJ]

But you can do that without including it in the repo, as long as you have a finite amount of different machines to work on, right?
(also, I do Control-r + a few letters like t/CS. Sometimes you don't even need that, if you did it some time ago. Plus, with Comma, any file is just a click away. Not forced to use comma, though.

[Tux]

The links do not need to be in the repo. My develop folder has more files that do not need to be in git.
In perl5 world, the distro is controlled by MANIFEST, so you can have whatever you like in git and share that with other developers without anyone complaining. Raku uses the git index which imposes different ways to work that I never adapted to

[JJ]

Well, it's not Raku but zef, and even in this case, it's simply gobbling up everything. I've created this issue so that it does that, or even moves to an explicit MANIFEST, but it needs a certain amount of refactoring in fez itself so no immediate solution.