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+* There are users which expect patch to follow symbolic links in the working
+  directory, so patch now again follows symbolic links as long as that doesn't
+  make it leave the working directory.
+
 Changes until version 2.7.4:
 
 * When a file isn't being deleted because the file contents don't match the