What order does SVN checkout files?

Question

I would like to know what order SVN checks out files, specifically on a clean checkout. I'm trying to run a script that depends on the filemtime() of certain files and if I could force some files to checkout on a fresh checkout before other it would make everything a lot easier.

Answer 1

If it's not specified in the Subversion documentation, I don't think you should depend on any particular order. Even if it behaves in a predictable way now, it might change in the future, as it doesn't seem like something they would need to guarantee. It might also depend on whether the data store is BDB or FSFS.

So if you need to check out files in a specific order, check them out individually in that order.