A way to reproduce this easily is:
mkdir bzr236149; cd bzr236149; bzr init; ln -s /etc/ etec; bzr add etec; bzr remove --keep etec
On 1.6b2 it fails with: bzr: ERROR: Not a branch: "/etc/".
A way to reproduce this easily is:
mkdir bzr236149; cd bzr236149; bzr init; ln -s /etc/ etec; bzr add etec; bzr remove --keep etec
On 1.6b2 it fails with:
bzr: ERROR: Not a branch: "/etc/".