CVS Profile Settings
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Use the CVS profile settings to connect a local working directory with a Concurrent
Versioning System (CVS) repository. You can use an external CVS executable installed
on your computer, or use the IDE's built-in CVS client.
You can access CVS profile settings in the New VCS Filesystem wizard by choosing
Versioning
Mount
Version Control and selecting the CVS profile. You can also access the profile settings
for an existing CVS filesystem by right-clicking the CVS filesystem node (
)
and choosing Customize.
You can set the following properties:
- Working Directory. Specifies the directory where you want to store
local files. If your working directory is already connected to the repository,
the rest of the profile settings are filled in for you.
- Relative Mount Point. Specifies any Java package roots in the working
directory. See Setting a Relative Mount Point
for more information.
- CVS Server Type. Sets the connection method used to access the repository.
You can select from local, server, external, and pserver. The built-in CVS
client only supports pserver connections.
If you select external as the server type, you must specify the program you
intend to use to access the remote server in the Remote Shell field.
If you use SSH for an external connection, you must use public key authentication.
If you do not, CVS asks for a password with each command you run, but the
IDE does not recognize it, and CVS commands hang.
- CVS Server Name. Specifies the name of the repository server.
- Port. Specifies the port over which the server is accessed. The default
port for CVS is 2401.
- User Name. Specifies your CVS user name. Type the repository server
name and your user name.
- Repository Path. Specifies the location of the repository. If the
repository is on a local or mapped computer, you can navigate to it by clicking
the Browse button.
- Use Built-In CVS Client. Sets the filesystem to use the built-in
CVS client. You can use the built-in client if you do not have a CVS executable
installed on your computer. The built-in client only supports pserver connections
and does not support all of the commands that the command-line CVS support
offers. See CVS Commands for details.
- Use Command-Line CVS Client. Sets the filesystem to use an external
CVS executable located on your computer. Make sure the CVS Executable field
points to the location of your CVS executable. If your system path includes
the directory containing the CVS executable, this field contains cvs.
If your system path does not include the CVS executable, click Browse to navigate
to the CVS executable.
- Login to Pserver at server name. Logs the user in to the CVS
server. Type your password into the Password field and click Login.
- Set Offline Mode. Disables automatic refreshing of file status information
for the filesystem. See Refreshing File Status
Information for more information.
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