It is easy to check out projects from an SVN repository into a new workspace. In the SVN Repositories view, click on the project you want to check out and select the Check Out option:
Figure 3.15: SVN file revision history
This option checks out the project in the current workspace. You can also use the Import project option to check out the project from SVN. Select the File | Import menu option and then select the SVN | Project from SVN option.
There are many other features of SVN that you can use from Eclipse. Refer to http://www.eclipse.org/subversive/documentation.php.
