Can you 'checkout' from SVN without getting all the .svn stuff?

Question

Maybe there is a proper term for this, but what if you want to simply download a specific revision of a file/directory to disk and never want to commit any changes - say as part of a build/release process - and you don't want the SVN meta information.

Is there an easy command for this? Is this what export does? Or is that for dealing with "un-SVNing" an existing checkout?

Answer 1

You're looking for export.

Answer 2

Yes, Export should have the functionality that you're looking for -

"SVN Export to here: exports the dragged files/folders to the target location, i.e. creates a copy without the .svn folders"

From Tortoise SVN site