{"version":"2.1.287","anchor":"settings-file-symlink-detection-linkedaway-helper","canonical_anchor":"settings-file-symlink-detection-linkedaway-helper","heading":"Claude Code can detect settings files that are linked from elsewhere","tier":"internal","area":"Settings","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287\/e\/settings-file-symlink-detection-linkedaway-helper","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287","markdown":"### Claude Code can detect settings files that are linked from elsewhere\n\nClaude Code can now tell when a project, local or legacy settings file is a link to another place rather than an ordinary file\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear what uses the list of linked settings files or what happens when one is found.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code can now check whether your project settings, local settings or older-style settings files are ordinary files or are links that point somewhere else, such as a symlink (a shortcut to another file) or a file linked under more than one name. It collects any such files into a list.\n\n**Why**\n\nNothing in this release shows what Claude Code does with that list, so there is no visible change to rely on yet.\n\n- Area: Settings\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}