Checking out a folder into an existing project

To check out a folder from a CVS repository into an existing project in the Workbench:

  1. Switch to the CVS Repository Exploring perspective or add the CVS Repositories view to the current perspective.
  2. In the CVS Repositories view, expand the repository location.
  3. Expand HEAD and select the folder that you want to check out. If you are looking for a folder in a particular version:
    1. Expand the Versions category and find the folder name that you want to check out.
    2. Expand the folder to reveal its versions.

    If you are looking for the latest folder in a branch:

    1. Expand the Branches category.
    2. Expand the branch that holds the folder that you want to check out.
  4. Select Check Out Into... from the pop-up menu for the selected folder. The Check Out Into dialog will open.
  5. In the Check Out Into dialog, you can provide the following information:
    1. Target folder name: The name of a local folder in which the contents of the remote folder will be placed. Note: If the local folder exists, its contents will be deleted and replaced by the contents of the remote folder.
    2. Parent of target folder: The existing local folder into which the target folder will be created.
    3. Checkout sub-folderss: The option to indicate whether the sub-folders of the remote folder should be checked out as children of the target folder.

Note: Only folders within non-shared projects or projects shared with the same CVS repository as the selected remote folder are valid targets for the Checkout Into operation. Also, if the target project of the operation is an unshared project, the project will be connected to the CVS repository (i.e. the project will become a shared CVS project) but any pre-existing content will be ignored.

Related concepts
Team programming with CVS
CVS Repositories

Related tasks
Checking out a project from a CVS repository
Checking out a module from a CVS repository
Creating a CVS repository location
Replacing resources in the Workbench
Discovering branch and version tags
Sharing a new project using CVS
Synchronizing with the repository

Related references
CVS
CVS Repositories view

 
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