Using CVS Integration
With the CVS integration enabled, you can perform basic CVS operations from inside WebStorm.
In this section:
- Browsing CVS Repository
- Checking Out Files from CVS Repository
- Configuring CVS Roots
- Configuring Global CVS Settings
- Ignoring Files
- Importing a Local Directory to CVS Repository
- Resolving Commit Errors
- Updating Local Information in CVS
- Using CVS Watches
- Working Offline
- Working with Tags and Branches
Before you start
Make sure you have an account in your CVS repository.
Install and enable the CVS Integration repository plugin as described in Managing Plugins.
Enable CVS integration for the current project root or directory as described in Enabling Version Control.
CVS support
When CVS integration with WebStorm is enabled, the item appears on the menu, and on the context menus of the Editor and the Project Tool Window.
The files in the folders under the CVS control are highlighted according to their status. See File Status Highlights for file status highlighting conventions.
Modifications results are shown in the Version Control tool window.
- When using CVS integration, it is helpful to open the Version Control tool window. The Console tab displays the following data:
All commands generated based on the settings you specify through the WebStorm user interface.
Information messages concerning the results of executing generated CVS commands.
Error messages.