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| <H1 class="Head">CVS</H1> |
| <p class="Head">The following sections describe the preferences available in the |
| tab groups of the CVS preferences page.</p> |
| <h2 class="Para">General</h2> |
| <p>On the General tab group of the CVS preference page you can customize several |
| aspects of the CVS Plug-in.</p> |
| <TABLE border="1" cellspacing="0"> |
| <THEAD> |
| <TR> |
| <TH> <P class="Para">Option</P></TH> |
| <TH> <P class="Para">Description</P></TH> |
| <TH> <P class="Para">Default</P></TH> |
| </TR> |
| </THEAD> |
| <TR> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Validate server version compatibility on first |
| connection </TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Use this option to enable a query of the CVS |
| server version on the first connection to determine server compatibility. |
| The server version will be output to the console and if an incompatibility |
| is detected a warning message will be logged when connecting. </TD> |
| <TD>Enabled </TD> |
| </TR> |
| <TR> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Confirm move tag on tag operation</TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Use this option to be prompted when the Move |
| tag option is chosen when tagging.</TD> |
| <TD>Enabled</TD> |
| </TR> |
| <TR> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Display detailed protocol output to stdout</TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Use this option to display the communication |
| trace between the Workbench and a CVS server.</TD> |
| <TD>Disabled</TD> |
| </TR> |
| <TR> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Refresh tags when comparing or replacing tags</TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Use this option to have the Compare with and |
| Replace With tag dialogs automatically refresh the known tags by contacting |
| the server.</TD> |
| <TD>Disabled</TD> |
| </TR> |
| <TR> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Automatically share projects containing CVS |
| meta information </TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Use this option to have any imported project |
| that was checked out from CVS using a different CVS tool automatically shared |
| with CVS. </TD> |
| <TD>Enabled</TD> |
| </TR> |
| <TR> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Use .project project name instead of module name on check out</TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Use this option to use the project name stored in the .project file as the |
| project name. If the checkout wizard cannot find a .project file, it will fallback to use the module name.</TD> |
| <TD>Disabled</TD> |
| </TR> |
| <TR> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Maximum number of files displayed when committing</TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Use this option to limit the number of files |
| that get displayed in the commit dialog.</TD> |
| <TD>1000</TD> |
| </TR> |
| </TABLE> |
| <p>This is what the General tab group of the CVS preference page looks like:</p> |
| <p><img src="../images/cvs-general.png"></p> |
| <h2><strong>Files and Folders</strong></h2> |
| <p>On the File and Folders tab group of the CVS preference page you can customize |
| several aspects of the CVS Plug-in.</p> |
| <TABLE border="1" cellspacing="0"> |
| <THEAD> |
| <TR> |
| <TH> <P class="Para">Option</P></TH> |
| <TH> <P class="Para">Description</P></TH> |
| <TH> <P class="Para">Default</P></TH> |
| </TR> |
| </THEAD> |
| <TR> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Treat all new files as binary </TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Use this option to override the file content |
| settings and treat all new files as binary. </TD> |
| <TD>Disabled </TD> |
| </TR> |
| <TR> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Convert text files to use platform line ending</TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Use the option to convert the line endings of |
| text files to the line ending used by the platform. This option can be disabled |
| if you are checking out resources to a *nix drive that is mounted on a Windows |
| machine. </TD> |
| <TD>Enabled</TD> |
| </TR> |
| <TR> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left"> Prune empty directories</TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left"> Use this option to specify the pruning of empty |
| directories on update and in the synchronization view. Although pruned directories |
| aren't shown in the workbench there is actually still an empty directory |
| in the repository. This is helpful because CVS doesn't provide a client |
| with the ability to remove directories from the server.</TD> |
| <TD>Enabled </TD> |
| </TR> |
| <TR> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Delete unmanaged resources on replace </TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Use this option to allows resources not under |
| CVS control to be deleted when replacing with resources from the repository. |
| </TD> |
| <TD>Enabled </TD> |
| </TR> |
| <TR> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Default text mode</TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Use this option to set the default keyword substitution |
| for text files. </TD> |
| <TD>ASCII with keyword expansion -kkv </TD> |
| </TR> |
| </TABLE> |
| <p>This is what the File and Folders tab group of the CVS preference page looks |
| like:</p> |
| <p><img src="../images/cvs-files.png"></p> |
| <h2>Connection</h2> |
| <p>On the Connections tab group of the CVS preference page you can customize several |
| aspects of the CVS Plug-in.</p> |
| <TABLE border="1" cellspacing="0"> |
| <THEAD> |
| <TR> |
| <TH> <P class="Para">Option</P></TH> |
| <TH> <P class="Para">Description</P></TH> |
| <TH> <P class="Para">Default</P></TH> |
| </TR> |
| </THEAD> |
| <TR> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Communication timeout </TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Use this option to configure the amount of time |
| in seconds to wait before timing out from a connection to the CVS server. |
| </TD> |
| <TD>60 seconds </TD> |
| </TR> |
| <TR> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Quietness level </TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Sets the amount of status information CVS prints |
| for a command. In <STRONG>Somewhat quiet</STRONG> mode the printing of unimportant |
| informational messages is suppressed. The consideration of what is important |
| depends on each command. In <STRONG>Very quiet</STRONG> mode all output |
| except what is absolutely necessary to complete the command is suppressed. |
| In <STRONG>Very Quiet</STRONG> mode, some CVS servers may not communicate |
| important information about errors that have occurred. You may want to consider |
| using <STRONG>Somewhat quiet</STRONG> mode instead. </TD> |
| <TD>Verbose </TD> |
| </TR> |
| <TR> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Compression</TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Use this option to set the compression level |
| used when sending files between the client and server.</TD> |
| <TD>0</TD> |
| </TR> |
| </TABLE> |
| <p>This is what the Connection tab group of the CVS preference page looks like:</p> |
| <p><img src="../images/cvs-connection.png"></p> |
| <h2>Prompting</h2> |
| <p>On the Prompting tab group of the CVS preference page you can customize several |
| aspects of the CVS Plug-in.</p> |
| <TABLE border="1" cellspacing="0"> |
| <THEAD> |
| <TR> |
| <TH> <P class="Para">Option</P></TH> |
| <TH> <P class="Para">Description</P></TH> |
| <TH> <P class="Para">Default</P></TH> |
| </TR> |
| </THEAD> |
| <TR> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Allow empty commit comments</TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left"><p>Use the option to configure what happens |
| if a commit comment is not provided when committing.</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><STRONG>Yes: </STRONG>Allow the commit to occur without a comment.</li> |
| <li><strong>No: </strong>Do not allow the commit to proceed until a |
| comment is provided.</li> |
| <li><STRONG>Prompt: </STRONG>Ask the user whether they want to allow |
| the commit to proceed without a comment.</li> |
| </ul></TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Prompt</TD> |
| </TR> |
| <TR> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Automatically save dirty editors before CVS |
| operations </TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left"> Use this option to configure what happens when |
| there are open editors with unsaved changes when a CVS operation is performed. |
| Options are: |
| <ul> |
| <li><STRONG>Yes: </STRONG>Automatically save unsaved changes in open editors |
| before each CVS operation.</li> |
| <li><strong>No: </strong>Continue CVS operations even if there are unsaved |
| changes in open editors.</li> |
| <li><STRONG>Prompt: </STRONG>Ask the user what to do with unsaved changes |
| in open editors.</li> |
| </ul></TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Prompt </TD> |
| </TR> |
| <TR> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Consult change sets when synchronizing or committing. </TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left"><p>Use this option to configure whether resources that have |
| been added to a change set should be grouped together under the change set when synchronizing or |
| committing.</p> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">No</TD> |
| </TR> |
| </TABLE> |
| <p>This is what the Prompting tab group of the CVS preference page looks like:</p> |
| <p><img src="../images/cvs-prompting.png"></p> |
| <P><IMG height="27" alt="Related reference" src="../images/ngrelr.png" width="159" border="0"><BR> |
| <A href="ref-6.htm">Perspectives</A></P> |
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