[Fhsst-authors] Using CVS under Windows II

[Mark Horner]

An omission from yesterdays email:

If you try to connect with wincvs and you get messages about the key
not being in the cache then use plink to connect to the server on its
own and store the key in your cache - wincvs doesn't seem to be
able to handle the query from plink.

using TortoiseCVS is simpler than WinCVS. It also has better
documentation.
To install TortoiseCVS download it from :

http://www.tortoisecvs.org/download.shtml

Then run the installer - it is small and a lot of the files you
don't need so do a custom install and leave out the languages,
unless of course you want one of them. The majority of the files are
different icon sets or different languages. Install at least the icon
set by Mathias Hasselman. I strongly recommend changing the icon
set to one of the other sets, the default icons make next to no sense.

Once this is done, with the customary reboot, TortoiseCVS interfaces
nicely with Explorer so right clicking on a folder will present
a menu now containing TortoiseCVS options.

My pick is the set by Mathias Hasselman - these are clean and
intuitive. This can be done
by right clicking on a folder in explorer -> CVS -> Preferences -> and
changing
Icon Overlays.

Then you MUST generate keys if you haven't already and place then
on the respective servers
as in the previous email. Then with pageant running and your private
key file loaded you can use tortoisecvs to access the various servers:

Now if you have waited long enough for the keys to propagate in the
cases of savannah and sourceforge you can access CVS.

To checkout a module right click on the folder you want to store it in.
Click on CVS checkout on the menu. Remember you must have pageant
running and you must have added your private key for authentication
to work. type in the CVSROOT that applies:

Savannah:
        CVSROOT: :ext:<your_username>@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/fhsst

Sourceforge:
        CVSROOT:
:ext:<your_username>@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/theosproject

HEP:
        CVSROOT: :ext:<your_username>@hep.phy.uct.ac.za:/home/cvsadmin/cvs

Then at the bottom type in the module name:

Savannah: fhsst

Sourceforge: winux

Hep: take your pick.

Thats the basic checkout - there is documentation for the rest - and
you can do commits etc. by right-clicking on the file in the list to
get a menu of options.


Cheers,

Mark


Mark Horner

Physics Department
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch
7700
South Africa

Phone: +27 21 650 3366 (office)
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Homepage:
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Co-author:
http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/fhsst

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