[IPython-dev] symlinks vs. hard links for topic-oriented notebook directories

[Mark Voorhies]

I'm finally moving from one big git-controlled notebook directory to a more organized tree structure.
Frequently, I have notebooks that could be classified in more than one subdirectory; e.g., a PCA
analysis of an expression profiling experiment might make sense in both the subdirectory for that
experiment as well as a subdirectory of PCA analyses.  Assuming the IPython working directory is
not relevant (e.g., the notebook refers to all data by absolute path), are there any pros/cons
(with respect to git and/or IPython) to solving this problem by either symlinking or hard linking
such notebooks to additional subdirectories?  (Or has anyone come up with a cleaner solution to
this problem?)

Thanks,

Mark