TortoiseCVS

Infobox_Software | name = TortoiseCVS



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programming language = C++
released = August 4, 2000
latest_release_version = 1.10.6
latest_release_date = release date|2008|4|7
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operating_system = Microsoft Windows
status = Active
genre = Revision control
license = GPL
website = [http://www.tortoisecvs.org/ tortoisecvs.org]

TortoiseCVS is a CVS tool for Microsoft Windows released under the GNU General Public License. Unlike most CVS tools, it includes itself in Windows' shell by adding entries in the contextual menu of the file explorer, therefore it does not run in its own window. Moreover, it adds icons onto files and directories controlled by CVS, giving additional information to the user without having to run a full-scale stand-alone application.

The name is a pun on the word shell. The tortoise in the logo is called Charlie Vernon Smythe (CVS).

The project was started by Francis Irving when he was employed by Creature Labs to provide a better interface to CVS for his colleagues. Some of the code was derived from WinCVS and CVSNT. The first release was 4 August 2000. [http://www.tortoisecvs.org/stablechangelog.shtml]

Ports and forks

* TortoiseSVN, a similar tool for use with Subversion, inspired by TortoiseCVS
* TortoiseDarcs, a similar tool for use with Darcs, derived from TortoiseCVS [http://tortoisedarcs.sourceforge.net/]
* TortoiseBzr, a similar tool for use with Bazaar, inspired by TortoiseCVS and TortoiseSVN [http://bazaar-vcs.org/TortoiseBzr]
* TortoiseHg, a port for Mercurial. [http://sourceforge.net/projects/tortoisehg]
* git-cheetah, a similar tool for use with Git (software) [http://repo.or.cz/w/git-cheetah.git/]

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