SVN checkout ignore folder

$ svn co http://subversion/project/trunk my_checkout --depth immediates

$ cd my_checkout && ls
bar/ baz foo xyzzy/

$ cd bar && svn update --set-depth infinity

svn co -N foo
cd foo
svn up -N bar
svn up

# Path to the svn repository to be checked out
rpath=https://svn-repo.company.com/sw/trunk/ &&
    # This files are to be excluded (folders are ending with '/')
    # this is a regex pattern with OR ('|') between enties to be excluded
excludep='docs_folder/tests_folder/|huge_folder/|file1|file2' &&
    # Get list of the files/folders right under the repository path
filtered=`svn ls $rpath | egrep -v $excludep` &&
    # Get list of files out of filtered - they need to be 'uped'
files=`echo $filtered | sed 's| |n|g' | egrep '^.*[^/]$'` &&
    # Get list of folders out of filtered - they need to be 'coed'
folders=`echo $filtered | sed 's| |n|g' | egrep '^.*[/]$'` &&
    # Initial nonrecursive checkout of repository - just empty
    # to the current (./) working directory
svn co $rpath ./ --depth empty &&
    # Update the files
svn up $files &&
    # Check out the all other folders finally.
svn co `echo $folders | sed "s|<|$ubrpath|g"`