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link - Link elements

This element is a link to another element, allowing one to create a symbolic element which will be resolved to another element.

Overview

The only configuration allowed in a link element is the specified target element name of the link.

kind: link

config:
  target: element.bst

The link element can be used to refer to elements in subprojects, and can be used to symbolically link junction elements as well as other elements.

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