Q:

How to filter out '.svn' files during the checkout process?

Subversion checkouts produce a large number of files under the '.svn' trees.
Is there any way to filter out '.svn' files during the checkout process?
Thanks,
Sen

A:

See svn export. It should help.

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/re10.html

The first form exports a clean directory tree from the repository specified by URL, at revision REV if it is given, otherwise at HEAD, into PATH. If PATH is omitted, the last component of the URL is used for the local directory name.
As yodaj007 says, this will extract all the files from a revision and the directory will not be a revision controlled one. To obtain revision controlled directory, you use the usual svn co.

