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Figure 8.3
A few options that globally affect the operation
of CVS can be edited here.

encoding , is most useful to developers whose CVS repository uses this style of
encoding. The next option, Use gzip compression , is handy for users operating
over slow connections such as dialup or VPN . It uses the gzip compression scheme
to compress the stream of data going to and from the CVS server to improve the
speed of the connection. Unless you have a really old, slow computer, you should
enable this option for best performance.

8.1.4 Configuring other types of version control systems

IDEA includes support for a number of different commercial version control sys-
tems. This chapter focuses on CVS , but the concept and the ideas behind many of
the examples apply equally to these other systems. Although each system has dif-
ferences in features, capabilities, and practices, the core integration with IDEA is
essentially the same.

Setting up Visual SourceSafe integration
The basic configuration settings for Visual SourceSafe ( VSS ) are shown in
figure 8.4. To use IDEA with VSS , you must have installed the VSS client on your
machine. Specify the path to the client in the appropriate field. Your configura-
tion file may be on your local machine or shared through a network server. If it's
stored remotely, you may enter the UNC path. Once you've specified your client
and configuration file settings, enter your VSS username and password into the
fields provided. You should enter the same access information here that you
would normally use in the VSS client.
Next, create a working directory entry for each VSS project you'll be working
with. Note that you only need to enter the VSS projects for the current IDEA
project here; remember that IDEA has separate version control support settings
for each IDEA project. Specify the VSS directory relative to the repository root,
which is represented by a dollar sign. For each entry, specify the full path to your
local working directory, which should be part of the current IDEA project. The
general configuration settings are shown in figure 8.4.