From: Ype K. <yk...@xs...> - 2002-09-05 17:57:52
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Mat, On Wednesday 04 September 2002 23:28, Mat...@i2... wrote: > On 09/04/2002 02:20:50 PM jython-dev-admin wrote: > > Does eclipse allow to use CVS locally while still accessing the remot= e > > sourceforge jython repository? > > Well, what it does is equivalent to doing a "cvs checkout" to the local > filesystem for you to work on. If you then choose to commit a file(s),= it > does a "cvs commit" back into the remote repository - assuming you have > permissions to do so. It does NOT let you use CVS to do interim checki= ns > locally before committing back to the repository - which is what I thin= k > you are asking for? However, it DOES have its own built in local > repository (non CVS) for this. Thus if you are working on a project fo= r a > while without having commited back to CVS, you can still do things like > revert to a previous version of a file, compare versions, etc i.e. It > gives you what you would probably have wanted a local CVS for, without > having that local CVS ;-) (Big difference being that you don't have a > "backup" copy if your hard drive crashes, but if you are that paranoid, > then you could probably copy the projects directory to a CD or somethin= g > at the end of the day =3D) Yet another convincing argument to try eclipse. > Another cool thing about eclipse is that it is completely open source, > with a sophisticated (but relatively easy to use) plugin architecture -= in > fact eclipse itself is mostly just plugins on top of a plugin engine, a= nd > all the source is included, so its pretty easy to look at the built in > plugins to learn how to write your own - I wrote a clearcase plugin > (another source control vendor) in no time. I don't mean to sound like= a > salesman, but I figure if I get people excited enough about it, then > someone else will write a jython plugin for it so that I don't have to = ;-) The top web page look much like an empty plugin engine itself. For better 'sales' the actual plugins could be advertised. > The best bet is to just try it and see if it suits your needs - assumin= g > that a 50MB download isn't too painful. At 8kB/sec that's over 6000 seconds. But then, it's free. Thanks, and I'll give it a try, Ype =20 |