Yes, I did replace said portion, and only said portion. I've typed in my password well over 3 times.
I just checked and you are definitely there as a contributor.
Can you right click in the repo browser and force update individual files that way?
Failijg that I guess your best bet is just to create a new folder and do a fresh checkout
Edit - another theory - did you somehow manage to do non recursive checkout originally? Ie - one that doesn't include sub folders. I'm not sure that is even possible, but it sounds like it maps to your symptoms.