Bug 73527 - Add Repository using CVS command string
Summary: Add Repository using CVS command string
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Team (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform Team Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2004-09-09 05:34 EDT by rich boakes CLA
Modified: 2006-06-14 15:59 EDT (History)
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Description rich boakes CLA 2004-09-09 05:34:28 EDT 
I'd like to suggest a small method for simplifying the process of adding a new
repository.

Many open-source projects publicise their CVS server access by describing the
CVS commands which one should use in order to access it, e.g: SourceForge
describe access to the repository for an Eclipse project as follows:

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/rdfx login 

Currently the developer must break up this string manually in order to create a
repository.  It would be beneficial if the user could enter the exact text of
the command, or the arguments of it, and have the wizard break up the string and
populate the fields as appropriate.
Comment 1 Jean-Michel Lemieux CLA 2004-09-09 09:17:35 EDT 
Easy enhancement...
Comment 2 rich boakes CLA 2004-09-09 10:04:48 EDT 
Similarly, it might be helpful to provide this string in a copyable field so
that an existing repository's details can be easily communicated to others.
Comment 3 Michael Valenta CLA 2004-09-09 11:23:52 EDT 
The request in comment #2 is already possible by selecting a repository in he 
repositories view and selecting Copy to Clipboard. However, it shoudl probably 
just be Copy and should be linked to the global copy action so CTRL-C (or 
whatever keybinding is set) will copy as well.
Comment 4 Michael Valenta CLA 2004-12-16 14:03:05 EST 
Not for 3.1
Comment 5 Michael Valenta CLA 2006-06-14 15:59:18 EDT 
If you paset such a string into the Host field of the New Repository Wizard, the appropriate fields will be filled in.