The IDE provides support for working with the Concurrent Versioning System (CVS) and any other version control system (VCS) that has a command-line interface. You can mount a directory that is under version control as a version control filesystem. You can work with version-controlled files just as you would with any other files. You can also call VCS commands on version-controlled files from within the IDE.
In VCS filesystems, each file's node displays its VCS status information in brackets in the Explorer. You can right-click these nodes to access the VCS commands.
The IDE simplifies work with version-controlled files by providing features such as:
If your development team uses CVS, you can connect to the CVS repository using:
If your team uses a different version control system, you can use the IDE's generic version control system support to work with that version control system. You can:
Unless you are using the IDE's built-in CVS client, you must install a command-line client for your version control system on your system if you want to use the IDE's VCS support.
For more information, see:
CVS Support
Generic VCS Support
Using VCS Groups
VCS Support on Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME
Calling Version Control Commands
Calling CVS Commands
The Versioning Explorer
Comparing File Versions Visually
Refreshing VCS File Statuses
Reviewing VCS Command Status and Output
Adding a Binary File to a VCS Repository
Version Control Statuses
VCS Filesystems Settings
Global Settings for VCS Filesystems