+ mkdir my-test-svn
+ cd my-test-svn
+ svnadmin create svn
+ pwd
+ svn co file:///tmp/my-test-svn/svn wc
Checked out revision 0.
+ cd wc
+ mkdir -p dir1 dir2/dir2b
+ echo data1
+ echo data2
+ svn add dir1 dir2
A         dir1
A         dir1/file
A         dir2
A         dir2/dir2b
A         dir2/dir2b/file
+ svn ci -m dir1 and dir2
Adding         dir1
Adding         dir1/file
Adding         dir2
Adding         dir2/dir2b
Adding         dir2/dir2b/file
Transmitting file data ..
Committed revision 1.
+ svn rm dir2/dir2b
D         dir2/dir2b
D         dir2/dir2b/file
+ ln -s ../dir1 dir2/dir2b
+ cat dir1/file
data1
+ svn cat dir1/file
data1
+ cat dir2/dir2b/file
data1
+ svn cat dir2/dir2b/file
data2
+ rm dir2/dir2b
+ svn ci dir2 -m dir2 update
Deleting       dir2/dir2b

Committed revision 2.
+ ln -s ../dir1 dir2/dir2b
+ cat dir2/dir2b/file
data1
+ svn cat dir2/dir2b/file
svn: warning: W200005: '/tmp/my-test-svn/wc/dir2/dir2b/file' is not under version control
svn: E200009: Could not cat all targets because some targets are not versioned
svn: E200009: Illegal target for the requested operation
+ echo new
+ svn ci dir1 -m new dir1/file
Sending        dir1/file
Transmitting file data .
Committed revision 3.
+ cat dir1/file
new
+ svn cat dir1/file
new
+ cat dir2/dir2b/file
new
+ svn cat dir2/dir2b/file
svn: warning: W200005: '/tmp/my-test-svn/wc/dir2/dir2b/file' is not under version control
svn: E200009: Could not cat all targets because some targets are not versioned
svn: E200009: Illegal target for the requested operation
+ svn ls -v .
      0  ?                    Jun 21 14:04 ./
+ svn ls -v dir1
      1 vlefevre              Jun 21 14:04 ./
      1 vlefevre            6 Jun 21 14:04 file
+ svn ls -v dir2
      1 vlefevre              Jun 21 14:04 ./
      1 vlefevre              Jun 21 14:04 dir2b/
+ svn ls -v dir1/file
      3 vlefevre            4 Jun 21 14:04 file
+ ln -s dir1/file foo-rel
+ cat foo-rel
new
+ svn info foo-rel
svn: warning: W155010: The node '/tmp/my-test-svn/wc/foo-rel' was not found.

svn: E200009: Could not display info for all targets because some targets don't exist
+ pwd
+ ln -s /tmp/my-test-svn/wc/dir1/file foo-abs
+ cat foo-abs
new
+ svn info foo-abs
svn: warning: W155010: The node '/tmp/my-test-svn/wc/foo-abs' was not found.

svn: E200009: Could not display info for all targets because some targets don't exist
+ pwd
+ ln -s /tmp/my-test-svn/wc bar
+ svn info bar
Path: bar
Working Copy Root Path: /tmp/my-test-svn/wc/bar
URL: file:///tmp/my-test-svn/svn
Repository Root: file:///tmp/my-test-svn/svn
Repository UUID: 6c61d34b-f237-40c9-9099-c2f2377fe1c4
Revision: 0
Node Kind: directory
Schedule: normal
Last Changed Rev: 0
Last Changed Date: 2012-06-21 14:04:16 +0200 (Thu, 21 Jun 2012)

+ svn cat bar/dir1/file
new
+ ls -l
total 8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 vlefevre vlefevre   19 2012-06-21 14:04:20 bar -> /tmp/my-test-svn/wc
drwxr-xr-x 2 vlefevre vlefevre 4096 2012-06-21 14:04:17 dir1
drwxr-xr-x 2 vlefevre vlefevre 4096 2012-06-21 14:04:19 dir2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 vlefevre vlefevre   29 2012-06-21 14:04:20 foo-abs -> /tmp/my-test-svn/wc/dir1/file
lrwxrwxrwx 1 vlefevre vlefevre    9 2012-06-21 14:04:20 foo-rel -> dir1/file