diff --git a/cmd/review-bot/validatedocmap_test.go b/cmd/review-bot/validatedocmap_test.go
index 51f517e..26890fd 100644
--- a/cmd/review-bot/validatedocmap_test.go
+++ b/cmd/review-bot/validatedocmap_test.go
@@ -599,3 +599,45 @@ func TestValidateDocmapPath_DirSymlinkBypass(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("expected rejection of dir-symlink bypass, got nil error")
 	}
 }
+
+// TestValidateDocmapPath_InRepoSymlinkAllowed verifies that an in-repo
+// file-level symlink whose resolved target is still within the repo root is
+// accepted. This is the positive case for the issue #150 behavioral change:
+// only symlinks that escape the root are rejected; intra-repo symlinks are
+// allowed because EvalSymlinks resolves the target and the confinement check
+// is applied to the resolved path, not the symlink entry itself.
+func TestValidateDocmapPath_InRepoSymlinkAllowed(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+
+	// Create the real docmap file inside the repo root.
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(dir, ".review-bot"), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("MkdirAll: %v", err)
+	}
+	realDocmap := filepath.Join(dir, ".review-bot", "doc-map-real.yml")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(realDocmap, []byte("mappings: []\n"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("WriteFile: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Create a symlink inside the repo root that points to the real file
+	// (also inside the root).
+	symlinkPath := filepath.Join(dir, ".review-bot", "doc-map-link.yml")
+	if err := os.Symlink(realDocmap, symlinkPath); err != nil {
+		t.Skipf("cannot create symlink (platform may not support it): %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Resolve dir to a symlink-free root, as runValidateDocmap does.
+	resolvedRoot, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("EvalSymlinks(dir): %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// In-repo symlink whose target is within root: must be accepted.
+	resolved, err := validateDocmapPath(symlinkPath, resolvedRoot)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected in-repo symlink to be accepted, got error: %v", err)
+	}
+	// The returned resolved path must be the real file (not the symlink entry).
+	if resolved == symlinkPath {
+		t.Errorf("expected resolved path to differ from symlink path")
+	}
+}