Using WinCVS
- Run WinCVS
- Click the Change location icon and browse to a place where you want to work on something from the repository. This location can be anywhere outside the c:/cvs folder. Basically, you will be checking out something from the repository, and saving it here to do modifications on it. Once you have done your modifications, you can commit any changes back to the repository.
- Once you have your folder selected, right-click on it the left Modules window, and select Checkout module.
- On the screen that appears, enter the name of the folder in the repository you want to checkout e.g. drupal. No backslashes are necessary, unless you created a subdirectory in the repository.
- If you want to check the module out into a folder other than the folder name it currently uses, check the Check out into directory and enter a folder. This will be a subdirectory of the next option's folder.
- Ensure that folder shown in Local folder to checkout to is the currently selected folder.
- Check CVSROOT and enter
:local:c:\cvs(or whatever your cvs path is). - Your screen should look something like this:
- Go to the Globals tab and uncheck Prune empty directories. This will ensure that your directory structure stays the same as the repository. I usually have Disable splash screen and Supply control when adding files checked (this checks if a file is binary or text before adding it).
- No other options were selected on any of the tabs.
- Click OK, and you should see your module being checked out. Each file should be shown in green with a
