Subversion: Check Out from Subversion

Use this dialog box to check out modules from a Subversion repository, to. create the initial local copies of files and folders that are being stored within a Subversion repository. It is these local copies, stored outside the Subversion repository, that you work on. This location and the files within it constitute the Subversion "working copy".

Note: With Subversion, there is no "check in" procedure, so you do not check in files that you have updated and check them out again when you next want to work on them. Instead, when you have finished working on your local copies of files, you commit them to the Subversion repository to bring the files held there up to date. Also, if you want to incorporate into your local copies changes that other developers have committed to the Subversion repository, you update them.

Destination: Directory or folder into which to place the checked out files. If this destination is not empty, a warning message will be displayed asking if you are sure you want to check out into this directory. (Attempting to check out files into a non-empty destination might reflect a mistake in specifying the destination, or it might be your intention.)

Use Revision: If this option is checked, the revision you specify in the text box is used. To see the available revisions, click the binoculars icon.

Depth: The level of recursion for selecting files to be checked out, from Infinity (all children at all levels under the selected item in the Versioning browser hierarchy( through Empty (only this item and no children).

Related Topics

Using Versioning