Activating the CVS menu in PB?

[osxpez]

I'm sure this is a simple one. How do I activate the CVS menu in ProjectBuilder?

[sao]

osxpez,

You will find all the documentation for CVS here :


/Developer/Documentation/Commands/cvs


and about ProjectBuilder help here:


/Developer/Documentation/DeveloperTools/ProjectBuilder


Select the project in the files list, choose Project > Show info, and use the "activate CVS integration for this project" option.

or

To turn CVS on and off for all projects:

Choose ProjectBuilder > Preferences, click CVS access, and use the "Use Current Versions System (CVS) by default" option.


Cheers...

[osxpez]

Thanks! But both those options are on. The items in the CVS menu are still dimmed. I'll try some of your recommended reading.

[soob]

I just recently went through this exercise (like yesterday)... what I discovered (searched google news group archives) was that if your project can read a valid CVS directory when it opens, it will enable the CVS menu items. And reading through all the documentation did not help me find the solution.

That doesn't sound very helpful so here's an example:

The first thing I did was create a module of code (the source and header files I used in my senior project) in the cvs repository. Then I created a new project in PB. Next, I used Terminal to check out my code from the repository into my new project directory and then added the file to my project (in PB). Finally, I saved and closed my project and then re-opened it. Now I was able to see the cvs status and perform cvs activities.

HTH, let me know if something isn't clear.

Jim

[sao]

osxpez,

I found this apple tutorial for configuring CVS for MacOSX:

http://developer.apple.com/internet/macosx/cvsoverview.html


In preferences/CVS you need to set CVS as Default.

Then, in PB you have to have a CVS project to begin with (i.e. you need to do a cvs import followed by a cvs checkout). it works kinda like emacs, it detects the CVS folder and gleans the CVS stuff from there. (caution: PB's CVS integration does not support ssh)


Cheers...

[smeger]

Do a search in macosxhints for CVS. There are two articles about setting it up - one is a basic "setting up CVS" article, and the other involves getting it working with ssh (which I wrote, thank you, thank you).