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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">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">Open perspective after a 'Show Annotations' 
      operation </TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="left"><p>Use this option to configure whether another 
        perspective is opened when the Show Annotations operation is run.</p>
      <ul>
        <li><STRONG>Yes: </STRONG>Open the perspective chosen in the Default perspective 
          for 'Show Annotations' preference.</li>
        <li><strong>No:</strong>Do not open another perspective.</li>
        <li><STRONG>Prompt: </STRONG>Ask the user whether they want to open the 
          perspective chosen in the Default perspective for 'Show Annotations' 
          preference or remain in the current perspective.</li>
      </ul></TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">Prompt</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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