Creating a CVS Working Directory

If you want to mount a CVS filesystem, but you do not have the sources checked out into a working directory on your system, you can create a CVS working directory with the CVS Mount Wizard.

To create a CVS working directory:

  1. Choose Versioning Mount CVS from the main window.
  2. In the Working Directory Panel of the wizard, choose the directory that you would like to check out your files to.
  3. In the CVS Connection Method panel, fill in the connection method and the information about the repository.
  4. In the Initial Checkout panel, select the checkbox, and click Finish.

    If you are using the CVS Built-in Client, the Advanced Options for the Checkout Command dialog box appears. Click Select Module and select one or more of the available modules that are listed in the Choose a Module dialog box.

    If you are using the IDE's CVS Command-Line Client Support, click Select in the CVS Checkout dialog box and select the CVS modules to check out from the list that appears.

When checking out a working directory using the CVS Mount wizard, it is not possible to set a relative mount point (which can cause problems for Java sources, where the Java package root must correspond with the mount point. You can go set a relative mount point after the sources are checked out by right-clicking the filesystem's root node and choosing Customize from the contextual menu.
See also
Mounting a CVS Filesystem
Setting a Relative Mount Point for a CVS Filesystem
Reconfiguring a CVS Filesystem
CVS Commands

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