Working With CVS

The IDE provides two options for working with CVS:

  1. Through the CVS Built-In Client module. This module is a CVS client written in Java and provides a direct protocol connection to CVS repositories. This module does not support local connections or the import, export, edit, watch, or lock commands.
  2. Through the CVS Command-Line Client Support module, an object wrapper for the command-line CVS executable, which integrates CVS into the IDE. CVS must be installed on your system to use this module.

The CVS command-line executable is available for no charge from the GNU web site at http://www.gnu.org/ and other sites. Some operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows 98, require additional software in order to use the CVS command-line executable.

CVS documentation is available from http://www.gnu.org/manual/cvs-1.9/html_chapter/cvs_toc.html.

For more information on working with CVS in the IDE, see:

Mounting a CVS Filesystem
VCS Support on Windows 95/98/ME
Calling CVS Commands
Setting a Relative Mount Point for a CVS Filesystem
Reconfiguring a CVS Filesystem
Setting Up a Local CVS Repository
CVS Commands
VCS Filesystems Settings
Global Settings for VCS Filesystems

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