diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8b1483a..485c3de 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 \#*
 *.patch
 *.html
-*.1
+commit-patch.1
 *.orig
-commit-partial
 *.tmp
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ab4c88c..72c4889 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,15 +12,9 @@ commit-patch.fat: commit-patch
 	carton exec fatpack pack $< > $@
 	chmod +x $@
 
-commit-partial:
-	ln -s commit-patch commit-partial
-
 commit-patch.1: commit-patch
 	pod2man -c "User Commands" $< > $@
 
-commit-partial.1:
-	ln -s commit-patch.1 commit-partial.1
-
 commit-patch.html: commit-patch
 	pod2html --title="commit-patch Documentation" $< > $@
 
diff --git a/commit-partial b/commit-partial
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..ddb7acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commit-partial
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+commit-patch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/commit-partial.1 b/commit-partial.1
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..784f136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commit-partial.1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+commit-patch.1
\ No newline at end of file