Hey Everybody!
Longtime forum lurker and portable apps user, but first time poster here. I am just getting into CVS for the first time through a new CVS repository on mozdev I created for my new Sunbird/Lightning extension. Because I am in my undergrad, I typically program on at least ten different computers in various locations around campus, at work, and at home. I have hence been trying to find a way to get a CVS client up and running on my portable hard drive so that I may access my files and website on mozdev from anywhere.
Can anyone point me towards a (or multiple) guides on how to set up a CVS client on a Windows (primarily) portable drive? I've spent the last several hours looking for different solutions and learning more about CVS in general, but still can't find what I'm looking for. I have followed the instructions exactly (I think) from this thread to install smartCVS, but every time I attempt to check out a new project, the program won't get past the first screen. (A progress meter will appear and go half way, pause, and abruptly fill; then the page returns to how it looked before.) I'm sorry if this is a repost but have yet to find another forum topic made since last year with this as its focus and none with the information I'm looking for. Any advice, links, and (ideally) software would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Dan (mathemajor)
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Most projects use SVN instead of CVS.
doesn't mozdev only accept CVS for the time being? Last development meeting minutes I read on the subject from a little earlier this year indicated that they were just beginning to experiment with an SVN server for testing purposes. If there's a way to set up SVN on mozdev, though, I would love to hear about it!
Thanks for the response, LOGAN!
I was going to suggest a few things, but the win cvs tool wants 2-3 extra libraries be installed, etc. The TkCVs tool wants you to install a Tcl kit.
The best thing to do would be to take the TkCVS source code, build that, then wrap that in a Tk StarKit, a self-contained exe for windows. Then all thats needed is a simple launcher.
Good luck.
Thanks for the suggestion, JoeR! I haven't used TkCVS before, but I'll definitely try this. I haven't looked into licensing yet, but from what you said, it definitely sounds like it's open source. Assuming no licensing conflicts, if this works on my drive I'll package it as a portable app.
The new semester @ my university just started, so this may take me a bit to set up. I'll post the results back here when I'm done.