Global Settings for VCS Filesystems
You can use the Options window to configure many aspects of how your VCS filesystems
function.
To access global settings for generic VCS filesystems, including command-line CVS filesystems:
- Choose Tools
Options from the main window.
- Expand the Source Creation and Management node and select the Version Control
Settings node.
Both the Versioning Settings node and the CVS Client Settings node provide
the following options:
- Auto Refresh. Sets the frequency with which VCS filesystems automatically
refresh file status information. As automatic refreshes on large directories
can take a long time, it is recommended that you set this property to For
Newly Opened Folders.
- Hide Shadow Files. If True, hides files that do not physically exist
in the working directory, such as files whose status is Locally Removed
and Needs Checkout.
- Home Directory. Corresponds to the system's HOME directory.
This directory is used as the location for configuration files, such as the
.cvspass file for CVS filesystems.
- Offline Mode. If True, disables automatic refreshing of status information.
You can still get file status information for a file by using the Refresh
command.
- Override Filesystem Settings. If False, applies changes only to new
filesystems. Existing filesystems are not affected.
You can also set additional global settings for all built-in CVS client filesystems
in the Output window. Expand the Version Control Settings node and select CVS
Client Settings.
The CVS Client Settings node includes the following options:
- Annotation Pattern. Determines how file and directory nodes in the
Explorer are annotated with CVS file status information.
- CVS File Statuses. Lists all available file statuses for built-in
CVS client filesystems.
- Output Display. Determines how CVS command output is displayed. You
can select Standard Command-Line Display to view command output in text form,
or you can select Formatted Output or Abbreviated Output to view the output
in a formatted dialog box.
- User Interface Mode. Determines how you enter options when calling
CVS commands. Only Default Switches runs commands with basic or no command
options. GUI Style presents a dialog box of advanced options. Command-Line
Style lets you type commands as you would on the command line.
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