Working with Other Version Control Systems

Although earlier versions of the IDE provided support for other version control systems, such as Microsoft Visual SourceSafe and PVCS, there was not enough time to convert all of the version control systems to the new system of projectsaware CVS. However, there are plans to migrate other version control systems to a similar interface and developer workflow as that which was implemented for CVS in NetBeans IDE 5.0.

If you need to work with other version control systems, you can download and install the old Generic VCS modules that support these systems from the NetBeans Update Center. You can access the Update Center by choosing Tools | Update Center.

Note that enabling these modules automatically disables the new CVS system in the IDE. If you also need to work with CVS, you should also download and install the CVS profile for Generic VCS.

Table 4-1 lists the version control systems that are available and the update centers where they are located as of this writing.

Table 4-1. Additional Generic VCS Profiles and Their Locations

VCS	Location
Visual SourceSafe	NetBeans Update Center
CVS	NetBeans Update Center
PVCS	NetBeans Update Center Beta
Subversion	NetBeans Update Center Beta
Teamware	NetBeans Update Center Beta

Once you have installed any of these modules, help topics become available describing how to use the Generic VCS style of version control support. Choose Help | Help Contents to access these topics.