What happens if I add a symbolic link to subversion?

Question

I\'d like to add a symbolic link to subversion and when I do a checkout all it does is add the same symbolic link right to my checkout but I\'m afraid to add it if that\'s n

Answer 1

Nothing happens if you add a symlink from Linux or other POSIX OS. It just works.

But when you try to add a symlink from Windows, you will see

C:\repo>svn add test_link
svn: E200007: Symbolic links are not supported on this platform

I guess that's because Windows requires UAC to create a symlink. If Subversion allows symlink on Windows, UAC will break normal svn up.