The CVS Versioning window presents a real-time view of the changes made in your local working copy for selected version-controlled directories. It opens by default in the bottom panel of the IDE, listing added, deleted or modified files.
To open the Versioning window, choose Window > Versioning > CVS from the main menu. Alternately, you can right-click a versioned file or folder (e.g. from the Projects, Files, or Favorites window) and choose CVS > Show Changes.
By default, the Versioning window displays a list of all modified files within the selected package or folder. Using the buttons in the toolbar, you can choose to display all changes or limit the list of displayed files to either locally or remotely modified files. You can click the column headings above the listed files to sort the files by name, status or location.
The Versioning window toolbar also includes buttons that enable you to invoke the most common CVS tasks on all files displayed in the list. The following table lists the CVS commands available in the toolbar of the Versioning window:
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Refresh Status | Refreshes the status of the selected files and folders. Files displayed in the Versioning window can be refreshed to reflect any changes that may have been made externally. |
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Diff All | Opens the Diff Viewer providing you with a side-by-side comparison of your local copies and the versions maintained in the repository. |
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Update All | Updates all selected files from the repository. |
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Commit All | Enables you to commit local changes to the repository. |
You can access other CVS commands in the Versioning window by selecting a table row that corresponds to a modified file, and choosing a command from the right-click menu. You can, for example, perform the following actions on a file: