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- Qt Creator 20.0.0

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# CVS

CVS is an open source version control system.

Note: Enable the CVS plugin to use it.

In addition to the standard version control system functions described in Use common VCS functions, you can select Tools > CVS > Edit to set a file as writable, notify watchers that the file is being edited, and watch for actions performed on the file by other users.

To discard the changes that you made in a file, notify watchers that the file is no longer being edited, and set the file as read-only, select Unedit.

To unedit files in the local directory, as well as recursively in all subdirectories, select Unedit Repository.

## CVS preferences

To set CVS preferences, select Preferences > Version Control > CVS.

Preference | Description
--- | ---
CVS Command | Specifies the path to the command-line client executable.
CVS root | Specifies the CVS root.
Timeout | Sets a timeout for version control operations.
Diff options | Sets preferences for viewing diff output.
Describe all files matching commit id | Annotates all files that belong to the commit.

See also Enable and disable plugins, Set up version control systems, Use common VCS functions, and Version control systems.