Java Reference
In-Depth Information
StarTeam, from Borland
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Perforce (implemented as a plugin)
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Various other systems, through third-party plugins
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IDEA
has always featured some level of support for Perforce, and plugins were
available, but now native support is included as part of
IDEA
version 5.0. As with
other systems, support is largely transparent, with the exception of the Perforce-
specific options configured through the
Version Control
settings panel. These
options allow you to specify the configuration settings necessary to connect to
your Perforce server, and how you would like to enable automatic checkouts, adds,
and so forth. This settings panel also lets you switch from using the native Per-
force
API
to direct calls to the external Perforce executable (which may be neces-
sary if you aren't running Windows).
Also now supported by
IDEA
is Subversion, the popular open source replace-
ment to
CVS
. Subversion is quickly gaining popularity in the development com-
munity. If you're checking out a project for the first time, you need to know the
URL
for accessing your Subversion repository.
IDEA
supports all the popular pro-
tocols, including
SVN
and
HTTP
. Because version control in
IDEA
works largely the
same regardless of which system you're using, the only other new element is the
Subversion-specific version control settings. These are displayed when you select
Subversion as your project's version control system.
8.1.3
Configuring IDEA to use CVS
IDEA
includes integrated support for
CVS
, so no external client is required.
CVS
configuration information is stored both globally (for settings such as your
CVS
repositories and passwords) and on a per-project basis.
Understanding command dialog options
The checkboxes at the top of the
Ve r s i o n C o n t r o l
panel give you the option of
allowing
IDEA
to prompt you for additional arguments to
CVS
each time you per-
form various actions. For each action, a checkbox indicates that
IDEA
will present
you with an option dialog with options specific to the type of action you're
requesting. If these options are disabled,
IDEA
uses the default or the previously
used options for each command.
For example, if you enable the command dialog option for the Commit action,
IDEA
will ask you to provide explanatory text for each set of changes you commit
