SmartCVS

SmartCVS is an innovative multi-platform CVS client. SmartCVS project has very powerful features, like built-in File Compare and Merge, Show Transactions or List Repository Files, and still is easy and intuitive to use.

SmartCVS focusses on your day-to-day tasks and usability. It is not limited to the available CVS command set like other CVS clients.

Features:

• Supported Authentication Methods:
• Password Authentication (pserver)
• Built-In SSH-1 (e.g. SourceForge)new
• Built-In SSH-2new
• Proxy supportnew
• Supported CVS Commands:
• import (to create a module), checkout, update, commit, add, remove, log, tag, rtagnew
• import (to track third-party changes), annotate, edit, unedit, editors, lock, unlock, watch, watchers
• Keyword Substitution Support:
• Basic support (add, update commands)
• Advanced support (changing)
• Smart Extensions:
• Built-In Repository Browser to select the files to check out (instead of typing their path)new
• Ability to list all transactions (commits) and see, what files were added, removed or changednew
• Ability to search for commits by the log messagenew
• Built-In Conflict Solvernew
• Ability to list all (even removed) repository files or those which have a specified tagnew
• Ability to compare repository files by tagsnew
• Change Report: Shows detailled changes (locally, repository) for multiple files at oncenew
• Smart Commit (add, remove and commit files with one click)
• View Remote State beside the file; see, whether someone else already has committed a changenew
• View Editors beside the file
• Tag Browser, showing the tag order and branch-structurenew
• Ignore Files/Directories (explicitly/by pattern, globally/locally)
• Export Snapshot (to directory or zip-file)
• Simple Revision Pinning (to prevent accidently committing of temporary changes)
• Navigation:
• File Table Filtering (show/hide ignored, non-CVS or unmodified files)
• Individual File Table sorting, also by multiple columns simultaneously
• Go-To File (search by prefix or wildcards)
• Administration:
• Create and edit user accounts within the repository
• Key-pair generator for public key authentication
• Miscellaneous Features:
• Built-In File Compare with detection of inline-changes and the possibility to edit filesnew
• Display of what directories contain uncommitted filesnew
• Ability to convert (inner-line) tabs to spaces while committingnew
• Flat File view (to see all files from subdirectories, too)
• Implicit Login
• Smart daylight saving solution
• Easy to use wizards assist in non-trivial or rarely used operations
• External Tools:
• Ability to use different external file compare tools (even for binary files)
• Ability to define different file editors/viewers by pattern

What is new in this release:

• This version fixes an internal error when trying to compare files that are located in the repository root.

What is new in version 7.1.3:

• This version only contains bugfixes. Updating is recommended.

What is new in version 7.1.2:

• This version only contains bugfixes.
• Updating is recommended.

What is new in version 7.0.4:

• Minor bugfixes.

What is new in version 7.0.1:

• Major bugfixes.

What is new in version 7.0:

• SmartCVS is a full-featured and still easy-to-use CVS client.
• It contains all needed tools out-of-the- box, so there is no need to install a file compare tool, CVS command line client, or SSH client.
• It is available in two versions: a free Foundation version and a commercial Professional version.
• The Professional version contains powerful features like a conflict solver, transaction view, tag browser (including tag/branch structure), and change report (multi-file compare).

Requirements:

• Java 2 Standard Edition Runtime Environment