How do I only Checkout (pull down) only parts of an SVN tree with TortoiseSVN?

Question

I\'m using TortoiseSVN and I want to do a Checkout of an existing repository into a local directory. However, I only want to pull down certain portions of the file tree. Is th

Answer 1

This may be coming late, but for anyone finding this question and wondering if you could exclude existing directories: there appears to be a way to do so.

1. Right click on the directory you want to exclude
2. TortoiseSVN -> Update To Revision...
3. From the Update Depth drop-down box select Exclude and press OK

That should delete the directory if it doesn't have any local mods and exclude it from further updates. If you ever need the directory back, use Michael Hackner's method above.