We are currently considering to move away from CVSNT, very probably to Subversion (because we are already using trac, which is well-prepared for SVN-integration). As we have been making rather extensive use of some less common CVS(NT)-features a couple of questions arose very early on. This is but the first of them. Here's the scenario:...
In my current development environment, I have a "main" project in Eclipse that maps to a CVS repository. Within this main project, we might have branched projects, but they're not "projects" in terms of Eclipse, as they still reside within the main Eclipse project I'm developing. About a month ago, we switched CVS servers. Now, I can't ...
is there a place I can get just the cvs executable for OSX as a standalone binary? I don't want to go through the whole rigamarole of having to download XCode just to get cvs, which I don't use, except the source for flickrj is only published via a cvs repository. ...
I'm using the WinCVS GUI (v. 2.0.2.4 build 4) and I want to have it default so that it automatically uses the "create new directories that exist in the repository" option each time I update. Anyone know where you can set this option? ...
I'm getting a strange error while trying to add a file to CVS. The problem started because the case was wrong, and causing issues (i.e. MyFile.js was in CVS as myfile.js) I tried deleting the file, and adding it back in, and now I'm getting the following error: cvs server: could not find parsed rcsfile MyFile.js Is there any way f...
Hi, Here are my two questions: I am now learning to manage my code with CVS, and I just want to make a repository for my C++ files, Makefile and bash and python scripts only, not the object files and executables. So I made several subdirectories under my project directory: src, bin, scripts, results and data. I put C++ files and Makefi...
While I know you can use a second repository for backup, or create a branch named 'privateBranchOfXcompletelyBrokenBackupOnly', I'm interested to hear about a version control system that supports remote private branches natively. edit: forgot to tell that it should be remote private. Seems only mirror-pushing to a private repo mimicks t...
Hi, Is there a way to check out from CVS using windows command line (cmd) given the branch, package and destination dir? thanks :) Oded ...
I am trying to commit a project in which a file has been "cvs remove"d, but actually needs to be there. The contents has been completely rewritten, but it needs to retain the same name. I am unable to either commit the project or re-add the file without getting this annoying error message. How do I "unremove" a file in CVS? ...
We are using CVS for around 50 java-projects which we develop using Eclipse, and build using Hudson. We have now reached the point where we want to migrate to something better, and I am considering that using git masquerading as a CVS server might be exactly what would suit us in terms of learning curve. We have few but long-lived bran...
A separate question covers How do you rename a branch in CVS? assuming you have access to cvs admin commands. Is it possible to do this without using cvs admin commands? ...
Currently, I produce various .sql scripts (sprocs mainly) and have to copy them to another location where I had originally checked out a CVS project before I can add/update/remove the CVS repository accordingly (using TortoiseCVS). It's tedious, so I've been tasked with investigating if SSMS could use CVS natively. I've been googling a...
If I want to essentially grep every line ever in the repository, is there a way to do it? I know this would take a long time for large projects. If not all inclusive, at least just the current branch and its entire source history? Edit: I should have been more explicit. What if I don't have direct access to the server that the CVS repo...
Hi! Here's my situation... I'm working on a project and don't have rights to commit to the CVS repository. Instead I have to create and submit patches. However, sometimes I need to share code with other developers and they send me patches of their own that I need to apply... but then when comes the time to generate my own patch, it ...
I'd like to check if a file was added as binary, but I don't know what to look for in cvs status or cvs log.. any hints? ...
We've been using CVS (with TortoiseCVS interface) for years for both source control and wide-ranging document control (including binaries such as Word, Excel, Framemaker, test data, simulation results, etc.). Unlike typical version control systems, 99% of the time we want to prevent concurrent editing - when a user starts editing a file...
We have a large number of programmers on different platforms all using CVS. We have developers using windows with TortoiseCVS (which uses cvsNT) We have developers using ubuntu 8.04 We have developers who have two boxes Ubuntu and windows. A wide range of different editors are used by different developers on different platforms. And...
How can I use a version control system behind a authenticating HTTP proxy. Note that I said "a VCS" , so it can be SVN, CVS , BAZAAR ... I've tried several SVN clients -- they do not work. It looks like BZR has an option for that , but I've seen no public mention of it. Help. ...
I am working on the next task and suddenly understand that I need to discuss some details with my chief in order to continue. I will discuss it in a couple of days when I meed my chief. Until then I need to work on another task. What is the correct way to do? I see 2 options: 1) Copy head revision from repository to a new branch...
Hi all! I've been reading all the questions here on the subject of version control, but I don't think i found a scenario that looks like my own. The scenario is: we've got a medium/large sized web application that has (at least it should have) a core that is deployed to all clients. When we make demos of the application to the clients...