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

if you are using tortoise svn client - while exporting - it displays ..export / checkout , it is confusing , it is just export only. only view/read use export , to commit use - "checkout"