Is it possible to link SVN repository files so that a file is actually a reference to another repository’s file?

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Yes, for directories anyway

See this section on svn externals. The svn:externals property is set on a versioned directory; its value is typically another versioned directory in a repository (possibly the same one) of your organization. They act in the end something like symbolic links.

Update: Good call also by basszero but note that the questioner almost certainly does not have an svn 1.6 repo, so he can’t do it with files.

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