✨ Add ability to control follow_symlinks behaviour#54
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RATIONALE
Since version 8.0.0 (changelog here) there is a config option to disable following symbolic links.
PR here
I believe this is a small improvement to make this configurable by passing a boolean similar to ability to pass debug boolean.
@roma-glushko curious if you think this is a valuable contribution, thanks!
REFERENCE
Docs here:
https://docs.rs/notify/latest/notify/struct.Config.html#method.with_follow_symlinks
https://docs.rs/notify/latest/notify/struct.Config.html#method.follow_symlinks