$ ls -l foo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 zack zack 3 set  4 10:54 foo -> bar
$ git ls-tree HEAD
120000 blob ba0e162e1c47469e3fe4b393a8bf8c569f302116	foo
$ git cat-file -p ba0e162e1c47469e3fe4b393a8bf8c569f302116
bar%                                                                                                                                                            $