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== Getting Started ==
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=== How do I get a project into my workspace from CVS? ===
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<ol>
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      <li>Window-&gt;Show View-&gt;Other. Select CVS-&gt;CVS
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Repositories.</li>
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      <li>Context Menu-&gt;New-&gt;Repository Location...</li>
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      <li>Fill in the location information identifying your repository
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and click Finish.</li>
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      <li>Expand the newly-created repository location.</li>
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      <li>Expand HEAD.</li>
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      <li>Find the module you are interested in.</li>
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      <li>Context Menu-&gt;Check Out As Project.</li>
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</ol>
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The project now exists in your workspace.
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=== How do I put a project into CVS from my workspace? ===
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<ol>
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      <li>Select the project in the Navigator or other view.</li>
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      <li>Context Menu-&gt;Team-&gt;Share Project...</li>
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      <li>Fill in the location information identifying your repository
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and click Next.</li>
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      <li>Click Finish and the Sharing wizard closes and the Commit wizard opens.</li>
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      <li>Supply a release comment and click Finish to commit the project contents to the repository.</li>
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</ol>
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The project now exists in the repository.
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=== I already have a project checked out from CVS with the command-line tool. How do I use it in Eclipse without having to check out the whole project again? ===
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<ol>
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      <li>Create a project in the workspace.</li>
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      <li>File-&gt;Import, select File System, locate your files, click
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Finish.</li>
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      <li>Select the project in the Navigator or other view.</li>
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      <li>Context Menu-&gt;Team-&gt;Share Project...</li>
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      <li>The wizard should tell you that it found all the necessary
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information. Click Finish.</li>
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</ol>
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Eclipse has now shared the project with the CVS repository.

Revision as of 15:59, 1 June 2006

Getting Started

How do I get a project into my workspace from CVS?

  1. Window->Show View->Other. Select CVS->CVS Repositories.
  2. Context Menu->New->Repository Location...
  3. Fill in the location information identifying your repository and click Finish.
  4. Expand the newly-created repository location.
  5. Expand HEAD.
  6. Find the module you are interested in.
  7. Context Menu->Check Out As Project.

The project now exists in your workspace.

How do I put a project into CVS from my workspace?

  1. Select the project in the Navigator or other view.
  2. Context Menu->Team->Share Project...
  3. Fill in the location information identifying your repository and click Next.
  4. Click Finish and the Sharing wizard closes and the Commit wizard opens.
  5. Supply a release comment and click Finish to commit the project contents to the repository.

The project now exists in the repository.

I already have a project checked out from CVS with the command-line tool. How do I use it in Eclipse without having to check out the whole project again?

  1. Create a project in the workspace.
  2. File->Import, select File System, locate your files, click Finish.
  3. Select the project in the Navigator or other view.
  4. Context Menu->Team->Share Project...
  5. The wizard should tell you that it found all the necessary information. Click Finish.

Eclipse has now shared the project with the CVS repository.

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