So, you want a way to do
svn up --set-depth=exclude $file
at checkout time?
Ds Jstc wrote on Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 19:22:02 -0700:
> I use subversion to remotely participate in a project with gigs of
> frequently-changing files that never affect me, mostly images and
> localizations.
>
> Subversion would be perfect for me if only svn checkout had a sticky
> --exclude option analagous to the current working of sparse directories.
> No, --set-depth itself doesn't do what I want, there are several thousand
> directories, and I need the entire tree.
>
> Could I please get a few hundred "me too" replies so I can make it an
> official feature request?
