Checking Out Files from a Remote Repository
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In order to work on shared files located in a remote repository, you
need to copy the necessary files and directories to your local working
directory. This is done by checking out the files from the repository.
To check out files from a remote repository:
- Choose CVS > Checkout from the main menu.
- On the first page of the CVS Checkout wizard, specify the
location of the CVS repository by choosing it from the CVS Root
drop-down menu. If you are unfamiliar with the syntax, you can click
the Edit button and enter the required information using the dialog.
- Enter your password in the Password field.
- If you are using a proxy, click the Proxy Configuration button
and enter the required information. Click Next.
- On the Module to Checkout page, specify the modules
you want to check out in the Module field or click the Browse button to
choose from a list of all modules in the repository. Note that if you
do not specify a module, the entire repository will be checked out.
- If you need to specify a specific branch, revision number, or tag
for the checkout, enter the information in the Branch field or click
the Browse button to choose from a list of all branches in the
repository.
- Specify the local working directory into which you want to check
out the selected modules or branches. Alternately, you can click the
Browse button to navigate to the desired directory on your system.
- Click Finish to check out the files.
The IDE initiates the Check out command and the IDE's Status bar
indicates the progress of the files downloading from the branch to your
local working directory.
- If the checked-out sources contain a project, a dialog will appear
prompting you to open them in the IDE.
If the sources do not contain a project, the dialog will appear prompting
you to create a new project from the sources and then
open them in the IDE.
- See Also
- Committing Local Changes to a
Remote Repository
- Comparing File Revisions
- Setting Up CVS
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