Global Settings for VCS Filesystems
You can use the Options window to configure many aspects of how your VCS filesystems
function, such as offline mode, the home directory, the frequency of automatic
refreshes.
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 Versioning Settings and CVS Client Settings 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
- Hide Shadow Files. If True, hides files that do not physically exist
in the working directory, such as 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, only applies changes 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 by expanding
the Version Control Settings node and selecting CVS Client Settings.
CVS Client Settings include 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 choose Standard Command-Line Display to view command output in text form,
or you can choose 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 enter commands as you would on the
command line.
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