Re: [viewvc-users] remote cvs

Peter Funk <[email protected]> Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:07:09 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.version-control.cvs.viewcvs.user
Message-ID <20130829130709.GF6816@pfmaster>
C. Michael Pilato wrote 29.08.2013 08:44:
> On 08/29/2013 05:40 AM, Richard Radics wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I need a bit help, how to set up the viewvc environment to remote cvs
> > repository.
> > Is it possibe?
> 
> Not at this time, no.  The closest thing to support for remote CVS that
> ViewVC has today is via a local NFS mount of the remote repository.
> Another option that folks have used in the past is to create a local
> mirror of their remote CVS repository (using cvsup or rsync), and
> pointing ViewVC to that.

As Michael already pointed out ViewVC needs filesystem level
read access to the CVS repository files.

If you are using Linux and you don't like to use NFS
then you might also want to have a look at:

   http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html

But be aware of:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/fuse/index.php?title=SshfsFaq#Changes_on_the_server_are_not_immediately_visible_in_the_mounted_directory

Best Regards,
Peter Funk
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