We have just added a new repository location to the CVS Repositories view. This is probably a good time to ask ourselves what a repository location is or, more importantly, what it isn't.

A repository location is not an actual live connection. Instead it is a description of where the repository is located. At a later time, when we are committing work to the repository or updating with work done by others, the Workbench will create a connection based on this location information.  Connections will be opened and closed as required when performing CVS team operations, and those connections will be based on the information you provided in the repository location.

Suppose we disconnected from the network and went home, the CVS Repositories view would continue to show us the list of known repository locations. In addition, as we will soon see, the projects themselves will still know the repository location that they are associated with.