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getting a checkout isn't more than getting the sources themselves (the mirroring is done by the client and this is a feature of svn).
Quotegetting a checkout isn't more than getting the sources themselves (the mirroring is done by the client and this is a feature of svn).Doesn't it also include the state of the working copy? Meaning if the .svn folders are included in the archive, instead of a 400MB checkout, you can download a 35MB compressed archive and have a working working copy.
2. SVN sends data compressed over the wire, so the ~100 MB or so of files will be a lot smaller went sent.
The very second you want to update your working copy you'll be happy you used svn since then you'll only get the necessary updates to transfer instead of a new 17.7 (or even larger by then) megabyte download.
And about your numbers
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