Generic VCS Support

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The IDE supports generic version control so that you can work with any version control system (VCS) that has a command-line interface.

The IDE uses a profile to interact with a VCS. A profile contains information such as command execution strings and variable settings that is specific for a given operating system and VCS. The IDE includes profiles for CVS, Visual Source Safe (VSS), and Polytron Version Control System (PVCS) for several platforms.

To find the list of profiles available through the IDE, choose Versioning and choose Mount Version Control and choose Generic VCS. In the Profile pane of the New Generic VCS wizard, select the Version Control System Profile combo box to display the list of profiles available. You can use these profiles as they are or customize them to fit your needs.

There are more profiles available for download from http://vcsgeneric.netbeans.org/profiles/index.html.

If no profiles for your VCS are available, see Creating a Custom VCS Profile for information about creating your own profile within the IDE.

note All profiles are stored in XML files in your user directory in the system/vcs/config directory. To find the location of your IDE user directory, choose Help and choose About, select the Detail tab, and look at the value for User Dir.
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