suggestions for first-time importing and checking out project

Question

Hello,

Subversion 1.6.6 using the commend line client

Importing and checking out project for the first-time.

I find that when I create a new project I do the normal directory structure, i.e.

game_sys_proj
    /trunk
    /branches
    /tags

Steps :

1) I import game_sys_proj to subversion repository. 
2) Delete game_sys_proj directory. 
3) Checkout game_sys_proj project. 

This will create the exact duplicate of what I deleted.

I am just wondering is there another way of doing this? What do other developers do when they import and checkout for the first time?

Many thanks for any suggestions,

Answer 1

Instead of importing and deleting, you can use an in-place checkout. For example, if you created your repository at file:///var/svn/game_sys_proj, just checkout the trunk of the new repository to your current directory:

$ cd game_sys_proj
$ svn co file:///var/svn/game_sys_proj/trunk .
$ svn add foo bar baz # add all files/directories you want in version control
$ svn commit

Also see the FAQ.