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Bug 73527

Summary:	Add Repository using CVS command string
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	rich boakes <rich.boakes>
Component:	Team	Assignee:	Platform Team Inbox <platform-team-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	Keywords:	helpwanted
Version:	3.0
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:

Description rich boakes

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

2004-09-09 09:17:35 EDT

Easy enhancement...

Comment 2 rich boakes

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

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

2004-12-16 14:03:05 EST

Not for 3.1

Comment 5 Michael Valenta

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.