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TortoiseCVS is a Windows-based application that allows the CVS version control system to be used directly from Windows Explorer.

TortoiseCVS is a Windows-based application that allows the CVS version control system to be used directly from Windows Explorer. It is open-source software, licensed under the GPL and available in a variety of languages.

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Bug: perform a diff in Tortoise CVS after a file rename (using CVSNT)?

I used the experimental feature in Tortoise CVS to rename a file in my CVS repository. Checkouts and commits work fine for this file, however if I perform a diff in Tortoise I get an error: cvs server: cannot find module `MyModule/NewFileName.DPR'…
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CVS error: Directory does not exist on server

I have a .Net MVC project created in Visual Studio 2010. We're using CVS for source control. I bound the source control through Visiual Studio using TamTam CVS and I think that is where the problems began. I got some errors using TamTam so I tried…
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Tortoise CVS version 1.12.5 cvs [server aborted]: cannot create CVS/Entries.Extra.Old for copying: Permission denied

cvs [server aborted]: cannot create CVS/Entries.Extra.Old for copying: Permission denied This message appears when doing an update. However, trying to do another update might succeed. So, it's possible to make CVS update, but it may take multiple…
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Adding Shell Scripts to CVS from windows

I am going to add some Linux shell scripts to CVS. Can I download the scripts using SSH secure shell client to windows and then add to CVS using Tortoise CVS client? (Just for ease... We have nice GUI in tortoise otherthan using cvs commands :))…
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How to view all commits by a date range in TortoiseCVS

It's no problem to view all of the commits on a particular file through its CVS History. What I need is to view all files that are committed on the same date as or near to a given file, or just a plain date range. The important thing is that I get…
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How to change username/password in TortoiseCVS

Previously I had no username and password for my local Tortoise CVS repository. I used another one's. Now I have a username and password for me. How do I get TortoiseCVS to let me enter the new username/password? Thanks in advance.
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What windows CVS clients support proper handling of encoding in comments?

We're currently using tortoisecvs (1.8.31) to commit/access our cvs repositories. We've recently wanted to support Japanese text in comments, so that viewvc can be used for browsing. However, it doesn't appear that you can set the encoding of…
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Moved CVS Server. How do we change the host without checking everything out again?

We use CVS where I work, not only for code but also for word documents and stuff like that. Everyone uses the Tortoise GUI to access CVS. We recently moved our CVS server, so the IP address changed. Now all the downloaded modules don't link up. We…
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Tortoise CVS - Prevent a user from committing changes in a branch?

How do I prevent a developer from committing changes into a particular branch in CVS? Recently, a fellow developer committed code into the main branch, leaving me with a lot of rolling back to do ;-( How can I prevent this?
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Tortoise SVN + Unreal Commander

I'm using Unreal Commander as a free alternative for total commander(win os). I've chosen to show native icon's and context menu and for tortoise cvs everything was fine. Since I started using Tortoise SVN I don't see it's icons on files and…
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View changes on CVS repository with TortoiseCVS

Is there a way, with TortoiseCVS, to see what has changed in the repository since the last CVS update? I am used to Eclipse's synchronize function. But now I want to view differences in a directory that isn't an eclipse project. I could check out…
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Can CVS repository commit command pass command line arguments to the files?

Is there a way to pass command line arguments to the files present in the CVS repository. Say, my CVS repository has a .tcl file which prints version number and date along with other processing. I don't want to hardcode the version number and date…
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Alternative SSH Application to Plink

I have recently started having problems with TortoiseCVS, or more specifically with plink, the SSH application that comes with it. The IP address it tries to connect to can not be changed and is stuck with the old CVS repository's IP. Downloading…
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Overlay icons working in file browser but not in file explorer

I work with TortoiseCVS and for some reason overlay icons are not showing in windows explorer. The weird part is that in any Office app or VisualStudio, if I click 'open file' the overlay icons are showing in the file browser. But not if I open 'my…
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Any tips for installing CVS Server and Tortoise Client on Windows 7?

I'm installing CVS and the Tortoise client on Win 7. Getting a warning "CVSNT Locking Service... failed to start. Verify you have sufficient privileges to start services" I'm running as Admin with UAC off.
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