SVN: Can you remove directories from a local checkout only (not from the repository)?

Question

Assume that you have a directory under subversion control, that contains some files and tons of subdirectories, like that:

file1.txt
file2.txt
file3.txt
dir1/
di         


        

Answer 1

With svn 1.6, --set-depth is the answer.

With svn < 1.6, you can get sparse checkouts by abusing svn switch: Create an empty directory somewhere in your repository, and switch the subdirectories you don't need right now to point to that instead of their "real" URL.