title: SVN best practice - checking out root folder
body: <p>Once the structure of a repository is set up, i.e. trunk, branches, tags, is it normal to have the root checked out to our local machines. Or should you only check out the trunk if that's what you are working on or a branch if we so choose to create one.</p>
  
  <p>The reason I ask is that every time someone creates a branch or tag we all get a copy when we do an update.</p>