The IDE supports generic version control and uses a profile to interact with a
version control system.
The IDE comes with profiles for working with CVS, PVCS, and VSS on various
operating systems. You can look at the list of profiles by choosing Versioning
Mount Version Control
Generic VCS and selecting
the Version Control System Profile combo box. Additional VCS profiles are available
from the web site at http://vcsgeneric.netbeans.org/profiles/index.html.
If none of the available VCS profiles suits your version control system and operating system, you can create your own profile.
To create a profile for a VCS:
The file name is given to an XML file where configuration information for the profile is stored. The profile label is used as the name of the profile in the Version Control System Profile combo box. The profile label is also used as the name of the profile's VCS commands submenu.
To reconfigure a profile for a VCS: