To checked out a branch from svn do something like:
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svn co http://www.openscenegraph.org/svn/osg/OpenSceneGraph/branches/OpenSceneGraph-osgWidget-dev OpenSceneGraph-Experimental
}}}
Then to sync this branch with the main svn/trunk do:
{{{
cd OpenSceneGraph-Experimental

svn merge http://www.openscenegraph.org/svn/osg/OpenSceneGraph/branches/OpenSceneGraph-osgWidget-dev http://www.openscenegraph.org/svn/osg/OpenSceneGraph/trunk .
}}}