The IDE interacts with a ommand-line VCS program using a VCS profile. A VCS profile is a group of variables and commands that the IDE uses to pass commands to the command-line VCS executable. Some VCS commands also contain instructions for handling and displaying VCS command output.
The IDE comes with VCS profiles for working with CVS, PVCS, and VSS. For additional VCS profiles, see:
http://vcsgeneric.netbeans.org/profiles/index.html
You can access VCS profile settings by choosing Tools Options
from the main window and expanding Source Creation and Management
Version
Control Settings
Generic
VCS Profiles. Click the ellipsis button (...) for Context Commands to edit the
profile's commands. Click the ellipsis button for Variables to edit the profile's
variables.
Changes are not applied to VCS filesystems that are already mounted in the IDE. You can change the VCS profile for an existing VCS filesystem by right-clicking its Filesystems window node and choosing Customize. On the Advanced tab, click the Edit Commands button or Edit Variables button.
For a complete guide to creating a VCS profile, see:
http://vcsgeneric.netbeans.org/doc/profiles/new_VCS_profile.html