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Questions regarding SVN checkout operations.

In the context of the Apache SVN Version Control System, checkout is an operation that checks out a working copy from a repository.

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How to git-svn clone the last n revisions from a Subversion repository?

Problem How do you create a shallow copy with git-svn from a Subversion repository, e.g. how do you pull only the last three revisions? The git clone command can get the last n revisions from a Git repository if you use the option --depth, i.e. you…
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SVN checkout the contents of a folder, not the folder itself

I'm fairly new to linux and svn. I'm trying to checkout the trunk folder of a project into my public_html directory using this command (while in public_html): svn checkout file:///home/landonwinters/svn/waterproject/trunk The waterproject directory…
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SVN checkout ignore folder

Can I ignore a folder on svn checkout? I need to ignore DOCs folder on checkout at my build server. edit: Ignore externals isn't an option. I have some externals that I need.
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Subversion: Can I checkout, modify, and then make it a branch?

I did a checkout from my trunk to a local DIR and made lots of local changes there. Now I don't want to commit it back to the trunk, but I'd rather make a branch from this local version. Is that possible? Can I just copy the trunk to a branch, and…
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Reducing the size of the .svn folder

In our project we made the decision to reduce the build time by using pre-built binaries. Weekly/monthly we create a stable release and commit it to the repository. The build uses these binaries instead of building everything from source. For build…
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Difference between checkout and export in SVN

What is the exact difference between SVN checkout and SVN export? From what I know, export does not include the .svn directory which include metadata, and checkout included that .svn directory. Yet, my colleague had this problem recently that there…
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How do I only Checkout (pull down) only parts of an SVN tree with TortoiseSVN?

I'm using TortoiseSVN and I want to do a Checkout of an existing repository into a local directory. However, I only want to pull down certain portions of the file tree. Is there a way I can do that? For instance: /trunk /project-A …
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svn checkout depth

I have an SVN project with tree like this: /project /dir1 /subdir1 -file1 -file2 ..... -file1 -file2 ..... /dir2 -file1 -file2 ..... /dir3 …
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TortoiseSVN: Adding additional files after using SVN Checkout dialog "Only this item" option

Our department is planning on using the "SVN Checkout" option within Tortoise SVN. In that dialog, we select the "Only this item" option and then we click the "Choose items" button and choose all the relevant files we want to check-out. Let's…
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Convert an SVN checkout to use git (git-svn)

I work with software that is kept in svn for version control. I would like to use git (git-svn) however the software requires lots of setup and configuration before it can be used. There are tools that take care of all of the setup, including…
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How to add/remove folders without downloading from the repository in Subversion?

I have a huge repository where I want to add/remove a folder. I haven't checked out anything yet. There is any way to do it fast?
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How can I list files in CVS without an initial checkout?

How can I list files CVS without an initial checkout? In subversion I can simply do "svn ls http://svn.svn.com" in CVS how can I do this? For example I've got this CVS connection: pserver:anonymous@evocms.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/evocms How…
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How to checkout few files and folders alone without checking out entire source

In my project I have many folders. I certainly know I want have changes in only few files (around 15) each of them are in 7 different folders. Also, I don't want to checkout the entire source to accomplish it. Is it possible to checkout only the…
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Try to svn checkout, but get: svn: '.' is already a working copy for a different URL

I'm trying to svn checkout into my public_html folder, but I get this error: svn: '.' is already a working copy for a different URL My brother already set up a boiler plate site for me, but I've changed it and put those changes into a repo of my…
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SVN Error E175002 while checking out code from repository

While trying to checkout code from a repository online I got the following error: E175002: REPORT of '/repos/xxx/!svn/vcc/default' I am trying to checkout the code from a remote computer.
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