C:\>mkdir working2 C:\>svn co --depth=immediates file:///c:/repo working2 A working2\dir1 A working2\dir2 A working2\file1 Checked out revision 3. C:\>cd working2 C:\working2>svn update --set-depth infinity dir1 A dir1\file1 svn: Can't check path 'dir1\file1(with|bad)chars': The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. C:\working2>svn ls file:///c:/repo/dir1 file1 normalname-again