If you are a sole developer of a project and would like to set up version control for your files, you can set up a working directory and a CVS repository on your local machine. Then you can connect to the version control system through the IDE.
To set up a local CVS repository:
The CVS repository should be in a place accessible to all of the project's developers but relatively safe from accidental deletions.
Mount
Version Control
CVS
from the main window to open the New CVS wizard.If you are running on Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows ME, you also need to specify a command shell in the UNIX® shell field.
When you have entered all of the necessary information, click Next.
A new filesystem is mounted in the Explorer.
Init to initialize the repository.
Checkout to prepare your working
directory for connection with the repository. Click OK to close the CVS Checkout
dialog box without filling in any of the fields.
Add
to add the files to the repository. In the Add dialog box, click the Add All
Local Files in Folder Contents radio button and select the Add the Folder
Contents Recursively checkbox.
The files are marked to be added to the repository, and the status on their nodes changes to Locally Added.
Commit
to add the files to the repository. After the Commit command finishes, all
of the file nodes display the Up-to-date status.
The files are now under CVS version control. You can now use CVS commands in the IDE to add and remove files, commit changes to files, view differences and file histories, and so on.