Java Reference
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If your project is already associated with a
CVS
repository—for example, if you've
been using the
CVS
command line or
GUI
interface to manage version control for
an existing project—configuring your project for
CVS
integration should be as
easy as enabling
CVS
integration in the
Ve r s i o n C o n t r o l
configuration panel.
IDEA
can read the
CVS
configuration files stored in your project's path and use
that information to connect with the appropriate
CVS
repository.
If you're configuring a new, empty
IDEA
project to work on an existing code
base in a
CVS
repository, you can use the
File | Check Out from
CVS
command to
perform the initial checkout of the source files to your local working directory.
Conversely, if you have a code base on your local file system that has not yet been
put into the
CVS
repository for version control, you can use the
File | Import into
CVS
command to import it. The first step in both of these processes is to select the
CVS
Root to which the operation applies (or add and configure it, if it doesn't
exist on
IDEA
's
CVS
Roots list yet), as shown in figure 8.2.
The
CVS
Root includes the repository path and the connection method. If the
connection method is
local,
then the repository path is the only information
Figure 8.2
The CVS Roots window lets you configure references to all the CVS repositories you
work with.
