Calling CVS Commands

The CVS commands submenu contains all the available CVS commands for the currently selected file or package. You can access the CVS commands submenu in any of the following ways:

Setting Advanced CVS Command Options

By default, the IDE does not present you with advanced command options when calling CVS commands. These commands either execute immediately or prompt you to enter basic options. For each filesystem, you can determine which options each command prompts you for.

To set the type of prompt for built-in CVS client filesystems:

  1. Right-click the filesystem's root node and choose Properties.
  2. Set the User Interface Mode property. You can select from the following options:

To set prompting for all options on a CVS command-line filesystem:

  1. Right-click the filesystem's root node and choose Properties.
  2. Set the Advanced Options property to True.
note If a CVS filesystem is set to not display advanced command options, you can access the advanced options by holding down the Control key while choosing commands from the CVS commands menu.
See also
CVS Commands
Saving Advanced CVS Command Options
Calling Version Control Commands
Using VCS Groups
The Versioning Explorer
Mounting a CVS Filesystem
Built-in Client Filesystem Properties

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