From acc4edb1413444c81890aaa730debb8644094114 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nicholasmhughes <nicholasmhughes@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:25:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] set the default properly so the default behavior doesnt
 change

---
 salt/states/file.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/salt/states/file.py b/salt/states/file.py
index bc35c42c4ce..3a845131447 100644
--- a/salt/states/file.py
+++ b/salt/states/file.py
@@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@ def symlink(
     atomic=False,
     disallow_copy_and_unlink=False,
     inherit_user_and_group=False,
-    follow_symlinks=False,
+    follow_symlinks=True,
     **kwargs,
 ):
     """