Eclipse Cookbook

6.13. Creating CVS Branches

Problem

You want to develop a new version of your code, such as a beta version, by creating a new branch in your development tree.

Solution

Add a new branch to your project’s development tree by selecting Team→ Branch.

Discussion

CVS also enables you to create new branches in your code’s development tree. Such branches can act as alternate streams of development for your code; e.g., you might want to develop a new version of your code that uses prompts in another language.

To create a branch, right-click a project and select Team→ Branch, which opens the Create a new CVS Branch dialog shown in Figure 6-19. In this example, we’ll name the new branch Spanish_Version, as shown in the figure. At the same time, you can create a new version name for your code that will act as a reference, giving Eclipse a reference point for merging the branch into the main stream if you want to do that; Eclipse will suggest the name Root_Spanish_Version here.

Figure 6-19. Creating the Spanish_Version branch

Clicking OK here opens the new branch in Eclipse, as shown in Figure 6-20 (note the project name in the Package Explorer).

Figure 6-20. A new branch

You can check out the new branch from the CVS Repositories view, as shown in Figure 6-21.

Figure 6-21. The new branch in the CVS Repositories ...