History of WindowsCVS

Several programs can be used to work with CVS under Windows. [http://www.tortoisecvs.org/|Tortoise] and [http://www.wincvs.org/download.html|WinCVS] are often mentioned. When either is up and running, visually comparing files will be a need. For that, many people use [http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/|WinMerge] or [http://www.prestosoft.com/ps.asp|ExamDiff]. Also [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/|PuTTY] comes in handy. Sourceforge provides a [https://sourceforge.net/docs/F04/en/#top|documentation page] explaining how to set up Tortoise and other programs and their differences.

! Using Tortoise under Windows
# right click a root directory of your choice and select
+ ++yellow:CVS checkout...++
# in the CVSROOT line, type:
+ ++yellow::pserver:anonymous@bitweaver.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/bitweaver++
+ when you are registered on sourceforge, you should use this
+ ++yellow::ext:<your_username>@bitweaver.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/bitweaver++
# in the Module line, type:
+ ++yellow:bitweaver++ ( or the module you want to get - see [#CVSModules|CVS Modules] )
# select the appropriate revision from the corresponding tab. this will usually be R plus the appropriate release version. e.g.:
+ ++yellow:R1++
# ~~red:never use __import__.~~ All you need are __checkout__ and __update__.
# Read further details on downloading bitweaver and checking out code on ((GetCode|this page: GetCode))

!! Troubleshooting
* typos?
* SF down again?
* username expired? (long time no login)
* first time using CVS? ... lots of SSH stuff to [https://sourceforge.net/docs/F04/en/#developer_config|wade through]