The IDE provides support for working with Concurrent Versioning System (CVS) and any other version control system (VCS) that has a command-line interface. You can mount a directory that is under version control as a version control filesystem. You can work with version-controlled files like you would with any other files. You can also call VCS commands on version-controlled files from within the IDE.
In VCS filesystems, each file's node displays its VCS status information in brackets in the Explorer. You can right-click these nodes to access the VCS commands.
The IDE simplifies work with version-controlled files with features such as:
If your development team uses CVS, you can connect to the CVS repository using:
If your team uses a different version control system, you can use the IDE's generic version control system support to work with that version control system. You can:
Unless you are using the IDE's built-in CVS client, you must have a command-line client for your version control system installed on your system in order to use the IDE's VCS support.
For more information see:
Working With CVS
Working With Generic VCS Support
Using VCS Groups
VCS Support on Windows 95/98/ME
Calling Version Control Commands
Calling CVS Commands
The Versioning Explorer
Comparing File Versions Visually
Refreshing VCS File Statuses
Reviewing VCS Command Status and Output
Adding a Binary File to a VCS Repository
Version Control Statuses
VCS Filesystems Settings
Global Settings for VCS Filesystems