How to configure Tortoise to
work with INRIA Gforge?
Before you start
Be sure, you already loaded your ssh key with pageant. You
can see here for more
details.
TortoiseCVS lets you work with files under CVS version control
directly from Windows Explorer.
You can download an
installer
directly from here, or, if it does not work,
from the TortoiseCVS
web site. Once TortoiseCVS installed, you have to restart
your computer.
TortoiseCVS is directly available by right clicking on files
and folders within Windows Explorer.
To configure our CVS repository, we click on the CVS checkout menu item.
Here, you don't have to fill in the CVSROOT
textfield. You just need to set following parameters :
- protocol: Secure Shell (:ext:)
- server: scm.gforge.inria.fr
- repository directory: /cvsroot/<your_project_name>
(your project unix name)
- user name: your INRIA gforge login
- module: The name of the module you want to checkout. The
module name is case sensitive. (You can choose . to chekout
the full repository).
On your first connection to scm.gforge.inria.fr, you will see
the following message :
This message is displayed because the server key (gforge
key) is not known. Click Yes to add the
key of this site to the list of known pairs of keys/hosts.
The checkout is done.
TortoiseSVN is a Subversion client, implemented as a windows
shell extension.
You can download it from the TortoiseSVN
web site. The binary installer is also available from
here.
Once TortoiseSVN is installed, you have to restart your computer.
TortoiseSVN is directly available by right clicking on files
and folders within Windows Explorer.
To configure our SVN repository, we click on the SVN checkout menuitem.
Here, you have to fill in the URL of your SVN repository.
The standard URL to acces your project on INRIA Gforge is
svn+ssh://<your_login>@scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/<your_project>.
You just have to replace <your_login> by your Gforge
login and <your_project> by the unix name of your project.
On your first connection to scm.gforge.inria.fr, you will see
the following message :
This message is displayed because the server key (gforge
key) is not known. Click Yes to add the key
of this site to the list of pairs of known keys/hosts.
The checkout is done.
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