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+# DP: document conditional file expressions acting on the target of
+# DP: symbolic links as well (except -h, -L).
+
+--- a/builtins/test.def
++++ b/builtins/test.def
+@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
+
+ FILE1 -ef FILE2 True if file1 is a hard link to file2.
+
++All file operators except -h and -L are acting on the target of a symbolic
++link, not on the symlink itself, if FILE is a symbolic link.
++
+ String operators:
+
+ -z STRING True if string is empty.