Comment 8 for bug 32669

Not the same but related bug:

touch foo
bzr init branch
cd branch
mkdir dir
cd dir
ln -s ../../foo bar
bzr add bar
bzr commit -m 'Please' bar

fails with:
bzr:bzr: ERROR: Path(s) are not versioned: branch/dir/bar

but

cd ..

bzr commit -m 'Thanks' dir

works