What Does Svn Checkout Do

svn checkout checks out (retrieves) a working copy of the repository into the specified folder. If you don’t have access to the repository, and there’s not already a current copy of the source in the folder, you can’t possibly do a build. If there is a current copy of the source there, it should include build.

What is the difference between export and checkout in SVN?

svn export simply extracts all the files from a revision and does not allow revision control on it. It also does not litter each directory with . svn directories. svn checkout allows you to use version control in the directory made, e.g. your standard commands such as svn update and svn commit .

Does SVN checkout overwrite files?

When you check out with the –force option, any unversioned file in the checkout target tree which ordinarily would obstruct the checkout will still become versioned, but Subversion will preserve its contents as-is.