CVS

This page contains the description of fields and options available when setting up CVS options as a project VCS root. Depending on the selected access method, the page shows different fields, that help you to easily define CVS settings.

Common options

Option	Description
Module name	Specify the name of the module managed by CVS.
CVS Root	Use these fields to select the access method, point to user name, cvs server host and repository. For example: ':pserver:user@host.name.org:/repository/path'. For cvsLocalCvsOptionsDescription} connection only path to CVS repository should be used. TeamCity supports the following connection methods: cvsPserverOptionDescription cvsExtProtocolOptionsDescription cvsSshProtocolCheckoutOptionsDescription cvsLocalCvsOptionsDescription}
Checkout Options	Click one of the radio buttons to define the way CVS will fill in and update the working directory. The following options are available: Checkout HEAD Revision. Checkout from Branch Checkout by Tag
Quiet Period	Specify a period no CVS activity in seconds, during which the builds should not start.

PServer Protocol Settings

Option	Description
CVS Password	Click this radio button if you want to access the CVS repository by entering password.
Password File Path	Click this radio button to specify the path to the .cvspass file.
Connection Timeout	Specify connection timeout.
Proxy Settings
Use proxy	Check this option if you want to use proxy, and select the desired protocol from the drop-down list.
Proxy Host	Specify the name of the proxy.
Proxy Port	Specify the port number.
Login	Specify the login name.
Password	Specify the password.

Ext Protocol Settings

Option	Description
Path to external rsh	Specify the path to rsh program used to connect to the repository.
Path to private key file	Specify the path to the file that contains user authentication information.
Additional parameters	Enter any required rsh parameters that will be passed to the program. Multiple parameters are separated by spaces.

SSH Protocol Settings (internal implementation)

Option	Description
SSH version	Select supported SSH version.
SSH port	Specify SSH port number.
SSH Password	Click this radio button if you want to authenticate via SSH password.
Private Key	Click this radio button to use private key authentication. In this case specify the path to the file that contains private key, and password.
SSH Proxy Settings	See cvsPserverProxySettingsOptionDescription.

Local CVS Settings

Option	Description
Path to CVS Client	Specify the path to the local CVS client.
Server Command	Type the server command. Server command is the command which makes the cvs client to work in server mode. Default value is 'server'

Advanced Options

Option	Description
Use GZIP compression	Check this option to apply gzip compression to the data passed between CVS server and CVS client.
Send all environment variables to the CVS server	Check this option to send environment variables to the server for the sake of compatibility with certain servers.
History Command Supported	Check this option to use history file on server to search for newly committed changes. Enable this option to improve cvs support performance. The options is checked off by default because not every CVS server supports keeping history log file

VCS Checkout Subdirectory

Option	Description
VCS Checkout Subdirectory	If multiple VCS are used, specify the path to Basic Concepts relative to the Basic Concepts.

Last modified: 20 April 2023