Index: contrib/client-side/svn_load_dirs/svn_load_dirs.pl.in
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--- contrib/client-side/svn_load_dirs/svn_load_dirs.pl.in	(revision 26384)
+++ contrib/client-side/svn_load_dirs/svn_load_dirs.pl.in	(working copy)
@@ -1286,27 +1286,26 @@
         read_from_process($svn, 'cp', @svn_use_repos_cmd_opts,
                           '-m', $message, $from_url, $to_url);
 
-        # Now check out the tag and run a recursive diff between the
+        # Now export the tag and run a recursive diff between the
         # original source directory and the tag for a consistency
         # check.
-        my $checkout_dir_name = "my_tag_wc_named_$load_tag";
-        print "Checking out $to_url into $temp_dir/$checkout_dir_name\n";
+        my $export_dir_name = "my_tag_wc_named_$load_tag";
+        print "Exporting $to_url into $temp_dir/$export_dir_name\n";
 
         chdir($temp_dir)
           or die "$0: cannot chdir '$temp_dir': $!\n";
 
-        read_from_process($svn, 'checkout',
+        read_from_process($svn, 'export',
                           @svn_use_repos_cmd_opts,
-                          $to_url, $checkout_dir_name);
+                          $to_url, $export_dir_name);
 
-        chdir($checkout_dir_name)
-          or die "$0: cannot chdir '$checkout_dir_name': $!\n";
+        chdir($export_dir_name)
+          or die "$0: cannot chdir '$export_dir_name': $!\n";
 
         chdir($orig_cwd)
           or die "$0: cannot chdir '$orig_cwd': $!\n";
         read_from_process('diff', '-u', @diff_ignore_space_changes,
-                          '-x', '.svn',
-                          '-r', $load_dir, "$temp_dir/$checkout_dir_name");
+                          '-r', $load_dir, "$temp_dir/$export_dir_name");
       }
   }