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How do I get CVS working? [message #706270]

Sun, 31 July 2011 03:33

glyphx Mising name

Messages: 6
Registered: February 2011

Junior Member

I am having problems getting CVS working. I get an error that it could not run SSH.

Not sure if I really need CVS. I am just learning java. All I want is to be able to easily have a copy of every 'version' of a program I am working on... but version I just mean every time I save the file.

I am working on little school beginner projects. And I just want to easily have a copy of the program state every time I save the file, so I can refactor it, and know I can always easily get back to where I was.

Any suggestions?

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(no subject) [message #706353 is a reply to message #706270]

Sun, 31 July 2011 05:59

Michael Pellaton

Messages: 289
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi

Source control management systems, of which CVS is one, allow you to
store versions of your project. However, they do not commit (add a
new version) whenever you save a file but rather when you deliberately
decide to do so by doing a commit operation.

File history is an unrelated issue. Eclipse keeps a (limited) file
history of each file including every change. However, to limit workspace
sizes and keep the performance at an acceptable level, the history gets
pruned - meaning only the newest entries of the history are kept. This
pruning can be configured, but I would not rely on it.

In the UI these two types of history are displayed in the same history
view and that's possibly the confusing part of the story for beginners.

I suggest
- learn a bit more about source control management systems (SCM) (using
Wikipedia)
- use a SCM, even for local projects so you are getting used to them
- decide on an SCM
- learn about that SCM (use google to find a tutorial)
- learn about Eclipse integration of that SCM (there are tutorials for
almost every SCM - just use google)

Michael

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Re: (no subject) [message #707465 is a reply to message #706353]

Mon, 01 August 2011 17:36

glyphx Mising name

Messages: 6
Registered: February 2011

Junior Member

Thanks!

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Re: (no subject) [message #707661 is a reply to message #707465]

Mon, 01 August 2011 23:06

afatase

Messages: 4
Registered: August 2011

Junior Member

Yes, good answer, Michael. Keep all your revisions handy, just in case, somehow. CVS is not the state of the art in SCM. Use it if other people around you are using it. At work we use SVN (for which there is an Eclipse plugin), but there are even better ones lately, such as Mercurial (hg) and Bazaar (BZR).

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