Preparing a project

New module, theme or translation projects should be started in the Drupal CVS contributions repository.

In the Finder, go to the folder where you saved the CVS contributions working copy, and create a new folder in the appropriate subfolder. For example, if you are working on a new module, create new folder in the module folder. Name the new folder to whatever you want to call the project. Try to make the name short and descriptive. Avoid spaces, use "_" to separate words, but read the Developer guidelines to understand how underscores in module names may interact with code behaviour.

In CVL, open the CVS contributions work area, navigate to the folder containing the new folder you just created, control-click on it and select "Refresh" from the menu that pops up.

The new folder, and any files you put in it, should now show up in CVL with a blue * next to it.

The blue * signifies that the files have not been added to the work area yet.

In CVL select the new folder, control-click on it and select "Mark File(s) for Addition" from the menu that pops up.

The blue * will now change to a green + next to each of the new files and folders, signifying that the files are part of the working copy and can be added to the repository at drupal.org once you want to commit them.