[news.eclipse.tools] Re: Question regarding simple CVS workflow in Eclip

[Michael Valenta <Michael_Valenta@xxxxxxx>]

Lee Francis Wilhelmsen wrote:

> > 1. Get the version into your workspace. Do this by selecting the project,
> > Replace With->Branch or Version..., select the version name, OK.
>
> That's ok.
>
> > 2. Select the project, Team->Branch.... Enter the name of the branch (e.g.
> > R2_0_FIXES).
>
> No, that doesn't work. When doing as you say it insists that the version
> name can't be empty. The exact error message is "Version name: Name must not
> be empty". However, the version name input box is greyed out so I can't
> enter a name - and this is where everything has stalled in the past.

The box is supposed to be greyed out but it should contain the name of 
the version you have loaded. Is there a version label for the project? 
(To find out, you can select the project and select Properties from the 
popup menu. Then, select the CVS tag and look at the tag field). What 
cvs server version are you using?


> BTW I'm using 2.01
>
> What is wrong?
>
> Best regards
> Lee Francis