CVS feature in Netbeans
Hello,
I am trying to learn how to use CVS repository. I want to check out code from a site called www.bioinformatics.org
Googling made me realize that there is a CVS feature in my Netbeans. But i have no clue how to use it. I have looked at the Netbeans documentation, but it did not address my particular problem. Googling has yielded results mostly applicable for Unix/Linux users not Windows XP users like me.
I have set the env. variable CVSROOT - ":pserver:anoncvs@cvs.bioinformatics.org:/cvs
My question is, has anyone used this CVS feature before and can you please help me with this?
I am not sure if it is even the right forum for this question. If no one knows the answer, please feel free to suggest other forum where i can probably get an answer.
- Thanks
[811 byte] By [
bionerda] at [2007-10-3 2:47:50]
Have you looked to see if there is a Netbeans forum or mailing list ?Just a suggestion. I don't use Netbeans (at least yet so I can't help)
> Googling has
> yielded results mostly applicable for Unix/Linux
> users not Windows XP users like me.
>
> I have set the env. variable CVSROOT -
> ":pserver:anoncvs@cvs.bioinformatics.org:/cvs
This makes me believe that you haven't understood CVS correctly. You have have a CVS client on WIndows too (which is what Netbeans or an IDE does). In fact, Google also gives results for Windows based CVS server though it is allegedly different from the usual Unix based CVS server. The protocol used would remain the same and there would be options in your IDE to configure the client. In Netbeans, it is CVS > Checkout.
Hi,Thanks for the suggestion. I did check them out, but they had mostly, "non-support forums" :-)I did subscribe to one of which offered some support, but they are not that active. So i guess it would really help if someone 'here', answers.
> This makes me believe that you haven't understood CVS
> correctly.
I have just understood the central idea.Thats it. Now i am in the process of learning getting access, Checkingout,updating etc; Hence the initial post.
> In Netbeans, it is CVS >
> Checkout.
Oh,Well I forgot to mention that i had got to that point and had entered
:pserver:anoncvs@cvs.netbeans.org:/cvs against CVS Root and left password section blank as per the many instructions i found after googling.
Then i click the "Next" button. This takes me to a page which asks me for Module name. I entered the URL of the website and tried many other combinations of URL where the java code files are located.But it gave me the following message "cvs server: cannot find module `www.bioinformatics.org' - ignored"
I tried looking up for modules in cvs but havent really undestood much, yet. I am also looking for the information i need parallely and will update it on this post if i learn something new.
But thankyou for all the information.
> Then i click the "Next" button. This takes me to a
> page which asks me for Module name. I entered the URL
> of the website and tried many other combinations of
> URL where the java code files are located.But it gave
> me the following message "cvs server: cannot find
> module `www.bioinformatics.org' - ignored"
Try with the server IP instead of the name and check that the port is correct.
Hi
Thank you el_dorado, I tried out your suggestion. 155.212.252.68 was the IP but i still could not connect. on the other hand it does let me connect to cvs.netbeans.org
If you think what i have done so far is correct, please let me know. That way i will write a mail to the admin of the website. However, if you find a flaw with what i have done so far, please correct me.
Thank you once more.
regards
Bionerd
