Difference between checkout and export in SVN

Question

What is the exact difference between SVN checkout and SVN export?

From what I know, export does not include the .svn directory which include metadata, and checkout inclu

Answer 1

Very simple difference, If you just want to see the structure of your project then go for export.

And if you want to work on your files then you need to checkout as it will include the .svn folder which contains the metadata which makes the working copy, else you get the error in export.

If you do svn export and then edit some files and then commit, then you will get an error:

../../xxx is not your working copy.