This is not obvious in the man page, and is very useful.
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@
- Use compression:
`sshfs {{username}}@{{remote_host}}:{{remote_directory}} -C`
+
+- Follow symbolic links:
+`sshfs -o follow_symlinks {{username}}@{{remote_host}}:{{remote_directory}} {{mountpoint}}`
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