rsync -a --copy-unsafe-links src/ dest
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--copy-unsafe-links
This tells rsync to copy the referent of symbolic links that point outside the copied tree. Absolute symlinks are also treated like ordinary files, and so are any symlinks in the source path itself when
--relativeis used. This option has no additional effect if--copy-linkswas also specified.[...]
--links --copy-unsafe-links Turn all unsafe symlinks into files and duplicate all safe symlinks.