CVSSCCProxy help

This reference manual is dedicated to the description of the functionalities of plug-in CVS SCC Proxy (further CVS SCC) - an intermediator between development environment (IDE) and code control system CVS. Being just an add-in to the CVS command line client, the plug-in realizes none of CVS functions directly. At the same time the plug-in does not change the interface of development environment, providing only a specific set of functions used by each IDE in a way it considers proper. Thus, the plug-in has its own rather restricted user interface. It is senseless to describe it without describing methods and details of work with CVS in general, as well as in IDE context.

That is why this reference manual contains chapters about methods and techniques of working with CVS, its installation and settings, methods of working in team and performing main operations. The plug-in can work with many IDEs, but we shall limit ourselves to MS VB, VS and VS.NET. Below you will find the table of contents of this manual. Good luck!

• CVS and Source Control basics
• Why Source Control?
• Why CVS?
• Why CVSSCC plug-in?
• CVSROOT/Repository/Module
• Installation
  • CVSSCC plug-in
  • CVS server for LINUX
  • CVS server for WINDOWS
• Basic operations
• Basic sequence of operations
• Add project to source control
• Get (pull) sources from source control
• Day-to-day operations
• Advanced operations
• Tags & Branches basics
• How to create/delete a tag/branch
• How to pull a specific branch/tag/date
• How to merge branches
• How to bind to project which is already in CVS
• Handling of renaming and removing of files
• User Interface
• Bind to CVS dialog
• History browser
• Difference browser
• 'Get latest' options
• 'Add files' options
• Plug-in configuration
  • File types - setting of rules, which define file types.
  • CVS executables - setting of external executable programs.
  • CVS options - setting of options affecting the work of CVS operations.
  • Server options - setting of server specific options.
  • Known lists - editor of the auxiliary lists (roots, modules, tags).
• Tricks and tips
• IDE specific
• Basic
• Links