When TeamCity checks out files from SVN - there are no ".svn" folders :(

When I go to TeamCity\buildAgent\work\ddec301a5c44eb1\trunk\... - I see no ".svn" folders, i.e the files are retrieved from SVN but they're not "checked out" in a usual way. It becomes an issue as we're running an "svn info" on various files as part of our Maven build process.

With TeamCity "svn info" fails with "svn: 'xyz' is not a working copy" error message.

Can TeamCity checkout files with ".svn" folders, as usual "svn co" works and not just retrieve the files ?

Thank you !