Using TortoiseCVS

This video covers the following topics:

Installing TortoiseCVS

  • Downloading TortoiseCVS (http://www.tortoisecvs.org/download.shtml)
  • Installing TortoiseCVS
  • Configuring TortoiseCVS

    Obtaining CVS rights & Creating a project

  • Requesting Drupal-CVS access (http://drupal.org/node/59)
  • Create project (Create Content -> Project)

    Connecting to the Drupal CVS Server
    Settings in TortoiseCVS:
    Right click -> Make new module
    Server: cvs.drupal.org
    Protocol: pserver
    Repository: /cvs/drupal-contrib
    Module: contributions/modules/
    Username: CVS Account Username

    Using CVS

  • Adding files to the CVS repository
  • Committing files to the CVS repository
  • Branching files
  • Tagging files

    For more information:
    See Contributing a Module through CVS
    And CVS Introduction

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