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What's the best CVS client for Windows?

We're currently using WinCVS but it's slow and has no merge dialog. I'm looking for something like Eclipse's Team Synchronize (so people can see what they'll get before they update). What do you suggest? TortoiseCVS with WinMerge? Note: OSS…
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Get revision number of a tagged file in WinCvs

This seems like it should be so simple, but I can't find any solution that appears to work... I need a CVS command that given the name of a tag that you have applied to a file, it will give you the revision number. CVS Tree structure: (filename) …
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CVSNT install hangs forever in Windows XP 64-bit

I need to access some source code stored on SourceForge using CVS. I used (many computers ago) to use WinCVS, so I downloaded it from SourceForge and installed it on this machine, which runs Windows XP 64-bit (latest SP). However, during the second…
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Getting the revision number of the end of a branch in WinCvs

I need a CVS command that given the name of a branch, it will give you the revision number of the last file in that branch. CVS Tree structure: (filename) | +--> 1.1-----(branch) | | | 1.1.1.1 | …
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How to track CVS Check-Ins

We recently created a branch out of the main branch of our code for the beta. Now I want to check what all files have changed in the branch in the last one week. How to get that information out of CVS. What is the command for this ?
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Using the nested element module in cvs task in ant build.xml

I have problems connecting to CVS using ant build.xml. I figured out the reason was whitespaces in package attribute of CVS task as: I learned…
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CVS check out earlier date

Am using WinCVS, need to check out the whole project branch as it was on an earlier date... How would i do it.... Thanks a lot, Vinod.
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WinCVS v2.0.2.4 - external diff is not working

I have installed WinCVS and I am trying to use external diff for looking diff file. I have tried with WinMerge and Beyond Compare but none were getting launched when launched diff. I already have specified external diff full path in Preferences,…
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How to make WinCVS show only Unmodified files

I'm using WinCvs 2.0.0.2 (Build 2). How can I make it filter, to show only files that are: known to CVS not modified Things I've tried Filters I've looked at all the filters at the top in the toolbar, and I can't see how any combination of these…
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CVS: How to re-add a file as normal type when it was initially added as binary

I have a small problem that would seem to be easy to solve, but I am having trouble doing so. Using CVS/WinCVS, a file was added as binary that should not have been added. I want to correct this and add it as a normal type, but whenever I remove the…
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How to use a CVS repository locally?

Is it possible to use (Win)CVS as a local repository? I don't need a multi-user configuration with sharing a repository on a server (I've been using WinCVS for years in a team, and it worked fine for us), but just want to keep track of different…
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WinCVS - Python - TCL

I have got a list of files in txt files and I need to check them out in edit mode, and make some changes(there are word documents), and check them back in via WinCVS. I know I can write tcl scripts or macro, or python scripts in wincvs shell but I…
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WinCvs Client setup

Dear all, I am using gcvs-1.11 version. My cvs server in RHEL ,i have some RHEL machines and some Windows Xp machines as client.RHEL cvs clients are working fine but from windows i couldn't able to access cvs server. In installed WinCvs 2.0.24 in…
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How can you execute a command outside of your current working directory in WinCvs?

I'm working on a Perl wrapper to execute commands within WinCvs. I have been unable to find a way to execute Cvs commands without doing a chdir to the directory that you wish to execute the command on. This is very annoying because it means that…
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cleanup batch file

I'm writing a batch file to cleanup my source folders. I want to delete all wincvs generated files with a prefix of .# FOR /F "tokens=*" %%G IN ('DIR /B .#*.*') DO DEL "%%G" the problem I'm having is that it's not deleting my files within…
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