CVS

Platform CVS Support

The goal of the CVS component is to provide the best CVS integration in the best IDE. Because the CVS plug-in includes a pure java client, the support works without requiring a command line client install on the users machine. The advantages of writing a custom java client is that we can implement features that wouldn't be possible using the command line client (e.g. browsing a remote repository, connection re-use). However, this comes with a disadvantage; we must keep up with CVS server revisions and ports, plus keep up with new features.

The CVS support is not packaged for use outside of an Eclipse workspace. It's really an Eclipse CVS client and not a generic java CVS client. It would be nice to have, but initially we were focused on rich integration in Eclipse. Another minor point; the CVS plug-in doesn't expose an API. That means that accessing the internal classes is technically possible (e.g. we don't restrict run-time access to the classes) but we don't guarantee binary compatibility between releases.

About the CVS component

  • This component is responsible for all org.eclipse.team.cvs.* plugins
  • Everything you always wanted to know about the CVS plugin can be found over in the CVS FAQ.
  • Online user documentation.
  • The contributors.
  • Links to plug-ins that improve Eclipse CVS

Development Resources

If you are already a CVS developer, check out the Development Resources.

What's Happening

 3.4 Development

 3.3 Development

 Archived Releases

Get Involved

If you are interested in participating in the development of the CVS component, there are several ways of contributing:

  • Fix bugs/enhancement requests that we need help with.
  • Check out our bug section on the development page and pick something that interests you.
  • Also, check out the developer's mailing list: platform-cvs-dev@eclipse.org. Chat with people there about your problems and interests, and find out what you can do to help.