Re: context menu items missing

 

It is very strongly recommended (in cvs client documentation) that you don't name a folder CVS, as the CVS client itself uses folders of that name for specific purposes and is likely to misunderstand things if you do so.  (Certainly that's true for CVSNT, probably for nongnu-CVS)
It may be that Tortoise deliberately ignores it for much the same reason.

Note that it is also possible to configure Tortoise to Exclude (or Include) certain folders.  See CVS->Preferences->Advanced Tab.  Though if your set-up is new it is unlikely that these have been set.

If it's a repository folder (unlikely as you're asking about Tortoise), try calling it cvsrepo.
If it's a sandbox you may want more than one (I certainly do) so I wouldn't categorize it with as all-embracing a name as cvs.  (Mine are C:\Testing, C:\Projects, C:\ControlSystem etc)

Helpfully,
Maybe,
Richard.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: 21 January 2010 09:55
> To: tortoisecvs-users-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
> Subject: Re: [TortoiseCVS] context menu items missing
> 
> Btw: Another message of mine is still in the queue because of 
> an attachment and has to be approved before delivery.
> 
> I guess I figured out the problem. The checkout option 
> doesn't appear in "some" directorys. I tried it in c:\temp 
> and it showed up. So what's the point? 
> 
> I created a folder named cvs. This one was planned to be the 
> root of a cvs repository. Inside this cvs dir I didn't see 
> the checkout option as mentioned before. But look here: if I 
> rename the folder to anything but cvs it works! So, as a 
> workaround, I renamed the folder to cvs_.
> 
> It seems that you cannot select a dir named cvs to be the 
> root of a cvs repository. Is that true? Is this expected behavior?
> 
> Mike
> 
> -------- directBOX Reply ---------------
> From: [email protected]
> To  : [email protected]
> Date: 20.01.2010 22:28:07
> 
> [email protected] wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I've just installed TortoiseCVS on my XP machine and 
> restarted it afterwards. Right clicking in an empty folder 
> gives me the explorer's context menu but all I see is the 
> main CVS entry containing Preferences, Help and About as 
> subitems. CVSDiff, CVSUpdate and CVSCommit as shown in the 
> website's screenshot are missing. This way I can't create a 
> local workarea. What's wrong here? 
> You do have a 'CVS Checkout' entry, right?
> 
> -Torsten
> 
> 
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