CVS

On the CVS preference page you can customize several aspects of the CVS Plug-in.

General CVS Preferences:

Option

Description

Default

Prune empty directories 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. Enabled
Consider file contents in comparison Use this option to set the default compare method for comparing and synchronizing CVS resources. By default, time stamps are used to compare CVS files, and this is by far the fastest method. However, in some cases a more accurate comparison can be achieved by comparing file content. This setting can also be toggled from within a compare editor or the synchronization view. Disabled
Show deleted file markers Use this option to enable markers to be added to the task view for resources that have been locally removed but not committed. This is useful for users who prefer update/commit instead of using the synchronize view. The deleted tasks allow quick fix options for committing the deletion to the server. Enabled
Delete unmanaged resources on replace Use this option to allows resources not under CVS control to be deleted when replacing with resources from the repository. Enabled
Treat all new files as binary Use this option to override the file content settings and treat all new files as binary. Disabled
Validate server version compatibility on first connection 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. Enabled
Communication timeout Use this option to configure the amount of time in seconds to wait before timing out from a connection to the CVS server. 60 seconds
Quietness level Sets the amount of status information CVS prints for a command. In Somewhat quiet mode the printing of unimportant informational messages is suppressed. The consideration of what is important depends on each command. In Very quiet mode all output except what is absolutely necessary to complete the command is suppressed. In Very Quiet mode, some CVS servers may not communicate important information about errors that have occurred. You may want to consider using Somewhat quiet mode instead. Verbose
Default keyword substitution Use this option to set the default keyword substitution for text files. ASCII with keyword expansion -kkv
Save dirty editors before CVS operations Use this option to configure what happens when there are open editors with unsaved changes when a CVS operation is performed. Options are:

Never

Continue CVS operations even if there are unsaved changes in open editors.

Prompt

Ask the user what to do with unsaved changes in open editors.

Auto-save

Automatically save unsaved changes in open editors before each CVS operation.

Prompt

Console preferences:

Option

Description

Console text color settings Use these options to change the colors for the text shown in CVS Console.
  • Command line text (black)
  • Message text (blue)
  • Error text (red)

Ext Connection Method preferences:

CVS_RSH Use this option to configure the program that will be called to connect to the remote CVS server. The RSH command is invoked with following calling pattern:

CVS_RSH Parameters CVS_SERVER

ssh
Parameters Use this option to configure the parameters passed to the CVS_RSH program. The default parameter pattern is {host} -l {user}. It can be tailored using the {host}, {user}, {password} and {port} variables. {host} -l {user}
CVS_SERVER Use this option to configure the name of the remote CVS server program to run. Change this setting only if the remote CVS server binary name is different than the default. cvs

Label Decorations preferences:

Text Use the options on this page to configure how CVS information will be added to text labels.
Icons Use the options on this page to configure the which icons can be used as overlays to show CVS specific information in views.
General Use the options on this page to configure general preferences about the decorators:

Compute deep outgoing state for folders

Use this option to configure if the outgoing indicators on folders should be calculated. Disabling this option improves the performance of the decorators because calculating the dirty state for folders requires computing the dirty state for all child resources. (enabled by default)

Synchronize view Use the options on this page to configure how label decorations appear in the synchronize view:

Show all CVS synchronization information in the text label

Use this option to show the synchronization state of a resource in the text label. This is useful for accessibility requirements. If you are using a UI text reader, than enabling this option will allow the text reader to correctly interpret the states shown in the view. Ordinarily synchronization states are shown using icon decorations.

Watch/Edit preferences:

Configure projects to use Watch/edit on checkout Use this option to indicate that files checked out out from the repository should be made read-only. disabled
When read-only files are modified in an editor Use this option to configure what occurs when a read-only file is modified in an open editor or by another tool.

Send a cvs edit notification to the server

Issues a cvs edit notification to the server before making the file writable. If other editors exist on the file, the user will be prompted and may continue or cancel.

Edit the file without informing the server

Makes the file read-only without notifying the server.

Send a cvs edit notification to the server

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