Does subversion support symbolic links?
From the Subversion FAQ:
Subversion 1.1 (and later) has the ability to put a symlink under version control, via the usual svn add command.
Details: the Subversion repository has no internal concept of a symlink. It stores a “versioned symlink” as an ordinary file with an ’svn:special’ property attached. The svn client (on unix) sees the property [...]