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A folder with the little box icon denotes a
CVS
directory that has been
designated as an official
module
(or
project
) by the
CVS
administrator.
These folders are supposed to represent actual projects, as opposed to
directories for organizational purposes. In practice, however, many ad-
ministrators ignore this fact.
IDEA
(like other
CVS
clients) also ignores
the distinction—you can check out any folder you like.
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Checking out a module from the repository
If you want to work on source code that already exists in the repository, you can
do so by using the
File | Check Out from
CVS
command. It launches the
checkout wizard, which walks you through these steps to check out a local copy
of the project:
Select a
CVS
repository from the list of
CVS
Roots you've already config-
ured (or configure a new
CVS
Root on the fly).
1
Browse the selected repository, and choose the elements to be checked out.
2
Select the local directory where the working copy of the repository files
should be created.
3
Confirm your selection, and begin the checkout process.
4
If you select a single element to check out, the final step (shown in figure 8.7) of
the process gives you the option of including the module name as part of the local
project path. This is handy for keeping modules separate when you're working on
multiple modules stored on the same repository.
Figure 8.7
If you select a single module
to be checked out from a CVS
repository, IDEA gives you the
option of making that
module's name part of the
working directory's path.
