Output of restic version

restic 0.9.6 compiled with go1.13.4 on windows/amd64

How did you run restic exactly?

1. restic -r symlinktest init
2. restic -r symlinktest backup resticsymlinktest

This prints

repository 17418abd opened successfully, password is correct
created new cache in C:\Users\JsBerbau\AppData\Local\restic

Files:           1 new,     0 changed,     0 unmodified
Dirs:            0 new,     0 changed,     0 unmodified
Added to the repo: 343 B

processed 1 files, 31 B in 0:00
snapshot 5f283900 saved

The folder resticsymlinktest contained:
File.txt containing

Hallo,
I'm the "real" testfile

A symlink to that file, created via
mklink link File.txt

Tested restore via
restic -r symlinktest restore -t resticsymlinkrestoretest latest
Only 1 file was restored, missing the symlink.

What backend/server/service did you use to store the repository?

Filesystem

Expected behavior

The symlink file is included in the backup and restored when restoring.

Actual behavior

Symlinkfile is not added to backup and thus also not restored.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

See above

Do you have any idea what may have caused this?

No

Do you have an idea how to solve the issue?

Include symlink files into backup and restore them

Did restic help you today? Did it make you happy in any way?

Restic is a very great tool and I hope that symlinks are also restored. Then I'm calm that the backup contains all my files and I can recover everything in case of a disaster.