Concurrent Versions System (CVS), also known as the Concurrent Versioning System is a client-server revision control system, which keeps track of all work and all changes in a set of files.
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Eclipse CVS Suddenly stopped working
I am using Eclipse Juno for web application development. I checked out a project using CVS(Eclipse) a month ago and was working on it. I also committed various bugs using the same Eclipse, same ...
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How to get Excel to save date fields as displayed.
I have data that has date-time values that I need to convert to a different format. I have created an Excel formula that concatenates the string into exactly the format I need. I currently have the ...
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cvs: viewing the changes that I've done to a file/directory in the working copy?
Looking for a coomand to compare a file in the working copy, to the version that it was at when I checked it out.
This is my workflow:
I check out a whole version of our repository, and into ...
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Merge Indicator like in WinCVS also in Eclipse
When merging a file in WinCVS, you get a fancy red arrow, indicating the merge process like in the screenshot from WinCVS graph view below (RND 1.1.2.1 -> 1.2).
Now when I merge with Eclipse, this ...
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github with linux and cvs: which tools are the best? [closed]
github with can be runned with linux and cvs-tools. What tools and grapic interfaces are the best one for a newby?
If I need to get access to my files on my home computer from work or from anohter ...
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CVS won't copy from head to branch
I made some files in HEAD, and am trying to copy them to a branch, but CVS refuses to.
# cvs -q update -j HEAD -d -P base/conf/foo/file.conf
cvs update: file base/conf/foo/file.conf does not ...
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Installing software via CVS, but I don't have /srv on Mac OS X
I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.8, and I'm trying to compile a software package originally developed for Linux.
The code is under development and uses a CVS repository and is attempting to access ...
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Getting the last version number before a particular version number in CVS
I have a project that uses CVS and recently bumped the baseline to the next major revision, 4.0. What I am trying to do, is get the last version of a file before that bump (programatically, I know I ...
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Export 1 year of CVS to another repo?
We have a CVS repo with many years of history. It has become huge and unwieldly, so we would like to split this singe repo in to two repos:
The main repo would have 1 year's worth of history, up to ...
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Where is CVS setting(config) located at in FreeBSD usually?
Where would the CVS pserver setting(config) be located at in FreeBSD usually?
I am trying, trying to hunt for the location of the setting(config) file with no results...
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How to figure out version number of CVS pserver
Suppose that I do not have a physical access to a CVS-service-installed computer, but have a connection to CVS pserver.
How do I figure out the version of the CVS pserver?
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How to get back the deleted folder and its content on a linux server?
I am using a linux (red hat) server and contents gets updated using CVS. A folder was not in CVS and it got deleted/replaced by another content after I run an update. How can I get the deleted content ...
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Is there a way to find out if hosted code on sourceforge is svn or cvs and script the download process?
For instance, is there a way for me to use svn or cvs (and how to find out which?) for a project if I have their project page -- for example, http://sourceforge.net/projects/ecb/?
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What `find` command deletes everything in a directory except for CVS folders?
I have a dir:
$ tree
.
|-- CVS
| |-- Entries
| |-- Entries.Log
| |-- Repository
| `-- Root
|-- dirA
| |-- CVS
| | |-- Entries
| | |-- Repository
| | `-- Root
| |-- file1
| ...
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cvs delete project (module) and reclaim space
We have modules under CVSROOT that were created a while ago, but no more required/ever used or needed. They are just sitting there are consuming disk space.
Is it safe to physically delete this ...
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In Eclipse, how to let revision annotation to ignore whitespace changes?
In Eclipse, one can use Team -> Show Annotation to see the revision history at the side of editor window; My question is how to let such annotation to ignore whitespace changes?
[EDIT] This issue ...
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Merging Database Modifications - CVS
I'm working on a project using git for version handling. What is the best approach to include a mysql database in the cvs?
For example, if I checkout the database and install it at home, make some ...
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How to enable encryption for CVS?
I want to access CVS when I'm outside the workplace. Is there a way to encrypt the authentication and file transfers that CVS normally does?
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Why does 'cvs update' not update any files?
I think our CVS is not set up correctly, but I am finding that doing cvs update foldername does not cause any of the files in it to be updated.
What is the proper way to do an update if update ...
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How do I install CVS on Ubuntu manually from a rpm file?
I have downloaded cvs-1.11.18-cvshome.org.FC1.1.i386.rpm from CVS homepage and I want to install CVS manually on Ubuntu, since I don't have an internet connection. How do I install it?
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How do I achieve passwordless CVS updates?
I'm working on some code from my computer at home and would like to do CVS updates to a remote server. When I'm at work I don't need to type in a password, but at home each time I need to type in my ...
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vcs_info, proper config in zsh?
I've recently installed zsh and took the time to configure it properly, quick overview of methods tried:
setopt prompt_subst
Use prompt_subst so we can simply use the vcs_info variables and they'll ...
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How to add or check-in all files in a directory to CVS?
Say I have a lot of files that I want to add then check in at once. But consider that CVS folder should be excluded. What kind of command or script can be used in order to do this?
I have tried
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move cvs repository from one server to another
I need to move CVS repository from one server to another. Currently my repository is on external hard disk. So I believe I do not need to copy code from one server to another. Both the servers are ...
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Searching for a CVS command client
I'm looking for a CVS client which works from the console. All windows clients that I've found are GUI's.
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Tortoise CVS icons not visible in Win 7 x64
I'm running Tortoise CVS 1.10.10 (with CVS NT 2.5.03) on Win 7 x64, and my folder overlay icons won't appear.
I don't remember when this happened, however I've a colleague running the same setup ...
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How do I reset an existing CVS tag to point to the new revisions of the files?
I'm not exactly sure how I got myself into this situation, but essentially, I had modified an existing codebase and added some new files and few months back, and when I went to check it in, I created ...
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project management beyond CVS
CVS is great when you have a simple, self-contained project, but what is the next step up the hierarchy?
I have a lot of individual projects under CVS, but any realistic project has tendrils and ...
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How do I set up CVS for group use?
I am completely new to CVS as well as linux terminal so please bear with me.
I need to setup cvs so my group members (on other machines) can access the repository and do all the good CVS stuff. How ...
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Problem using Git and CVS
I'm trying to use Git at work on Windows using msysgit (though Cygwin), but we are stuck with a central CVS repository. So what I have done is made my CVS working folder a Git repository as well. So ...
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(Cygwin 1.5.5-1 + CVS 1.11.21) vs. (cygwin-1.7.5 + CVS 1.11.22)
Preparing a new machine for development, I upgraded Cygwin and the CVS client as described in the subject line: from (Cygwin 1.5.5-1 + CVS 1.11.21) to (cygwin-1.7.5 + CVS 1.11.22)
All went well, but ...
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TortoiseCSV “nothing known” error based on user accounts?
When checking out or updating using TortoiseCVS from my repository, some user accounts get the "nothing known" error while some other accounts don't. The Symptom seems to be totally random. Has anyone ...
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How do I uninstall CVS?
Hello I need to uninstall cvs since I have followed a wrong tutorial. How would I remove CVS from ubuntu??
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Pasting into the command line [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I paste into the Windows CMD prompt by using only the keyboard?
I'd like to be able to paste commands right into the command line prompt in windows.
Sounds ...
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Need program(prefer free) for edit csv google(google docs - like Excel) on desktop
In my website i have csv google(google docs - like Excel)) files that should contain word translation.
I need desktop windows program for edit google(google docs - like Excel) on my computer desktop.
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“Export” a CVS checkout
I have a checkout of a CVS repository. The original repository does not exist anymore. Would it be possible to run something similar to "export" on the checkout itself? What I would want to end up ...
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Is there a nice GUI for CVS under Linux
I'm wondering if there is a nice modern GUI for CVS under Linux, something that will make files comparison visual and easy ...
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How to do remote CVS through multiple SSH connections
I know how to use a remote CVS repository where access to the remote server is through SSH.
Here's my problem: the remote CVS server, call it "A" is accessible by SSH only from computers within the ...
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How do I add myself to the “wheel” group to use cvs?
I am on a Mac (Snow Leopard) and I would like to add myself to the "wheel" group? How do I do that? I there a way I can see all the groups am I in?
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CVS - ignore Thumbs.db on Windows
What I tried so far is making a file, '.cvsignore' in the root of my module and then for the contents of the file:
*.Thumbs.db
However when I do CVS update, it still accounts for Thumbs.db - I just ...
