title: Using SVN am I obligated to create a new folder and do the checkout without exception?
body: <p>Refer to my previous question for context: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2024437/using-tortoise-svn-how-can-i-download-the-latest-version-of-the-source-code-of-m">Link</a></p>
  
  <p>Consider this situation:</p>
  
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  <li><p>I upload the source code for my app for the very first time from my Desktop.</p></li>
  <li><p>On my laptop machine, I create a blank folder and do the Checkout.</p></li>
  <li><p>Two days pass and while working on my Desktop I decide to scrap the entire project. I delete everything in the Repo by deleting everything in the folder (in Windows Explorer) and then doing a SVN Commit.</p></li>
  <li><p>My laptop still has the previous version on Hard Drive correct? But when I do an SVN Update (ie. I think it's supposed to delete everything in my folder on my Hard Drive and enable my folder for SVN magic) a couple of files are *downloaded. It's not working as intended, I guess.</p>
  
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  <li>I have to create a <strong>entirely new folder in Windows Explorer</strong> and do the SVN Checkout. Now it's working properly.</li>
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  <p>Can anyone let me know why this is made this way? SVN Checkout isn't available for an already checked-out folder?</p>
  
  <p>*</p>