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       <li>Window-&gt;Show View-&gt;Other. Select CVS-&gt;CVS
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       <li>Choose '''File > Import''' from the main menu</li>
Repositories.</li>
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      <li>Select '''CVS > Projects from CVS''' and click '''Next'''</li>
       <li>Context Menu-&gt;New-&gt;Repository Location...</li>
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       <li>Click on ''Create a new repository location'' and click '''Next'''</li>
 
       <li>Fill in the location information identifying your repository
 
       <li>Fill in the location information identifying your repository
and click Finish.</li>
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and click '''Next'''.</li>
       <li>Expand the newly-created repository location.</li>
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       <li>Click om the ''Use an existing module'' and select the project or projects you want to check out.</li>
      <li>Expand HEAD.</li>
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       <li>Click '''Finish'''</li>
      <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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The project now exists in your workspace.
 
The project now exists in your workspace.
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       <li>Select the project in the Navigator or other view.</li>
 
       <li>Select the project in the Navigator or other view.</li>
       <li>Context Menu-&gt;Team-&gt;Share Project...</li>
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       <li>From the context menu choose '''Team-&gt;Share Project...'''</li>
 
       <li>Fill in the location information identifying your repository
 
       <li>Fill in the location information identifying your repository
and click Next.</li>
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and click '''Next'''.</li>
       <li>Click Finish and the Sharing wizard closes and the Commit wizard opens.</li>
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       <li>Click '''Finish''' and the Sharing wizard closes and the Commit wizard opens.</li>
       <li>Supply a release comment and click Finish to commit the project contents to the repository.</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>
 
The project now exists in the repository.
 
The project now exists in the repository.
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<ol>
 
       <li>Create a project in the workspace.</li>
 
       <li>Create a project in the workspace.</li>
       <li>File-&gt;Import, select File System, locate your files, click
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       <li>'''File-&gt;Import''', select '''File System''', locate your files, click
Finish.</li>
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'''Finish'''.</li>
 
       <li>Select the project in the Navigator or other view.</li>
 
       <li>Select the project in the Navigator or other view.</li>
       <li>Context Menu-&gt;Team-&gt;Share Project...</li>
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       <li>Context Menu-'''&gt;Team-&gt;Share Project...'''</li>
 
       <li>The wizard should tell you that it found all the necessary
 
       <li>The wizard should tell you that it found all the necessary
information. Click Finish.</li>
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information. Click '''Finish'''.</li>
 
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</ol>
  
 
Eclipse has now shared the project with the CVS repository.
 
Eclipse has now shared the project with the CVS repository.

Revision as of 16:38, 1 June 2006

Getting Started

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

  1. Choose File > Import from the main menu
  2. Select CVS > Projects from CVS and click Next
  3. Click on Create a new repository location and click Next
  4. Fill in the location information identifying your repository and click Next.
  5. Click om the Use an existing module and select the project or projects you want to check out.
  6. Click Finish

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. From the context menu choose 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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