Instructions for setting up CVS in Eclipse

To create a CVS Eclipse project, assuming CVS already has the project directories:
(modified from Michael Mateas' group)

0. Make sure you have the latest version of Eclipse (currently 3.1.1) with Java 1.5

1. Select New->Project->CVS->Checkout Project from CVS

2. Use existing repository location

3. Use an exising module - this will bring up a list of project directories, ours is arltl

4. If given the option, choose to check out as a project configured using the New Project Wizard

5. Hit finish button. This will bring up another New Project Wizard.

This may make you feel like you’re in a loop. But you’re not. The reason for going through this step is that if you don’t do this, then your newly downloaded project will not be a java project (won’t have the java builder, etc.).

6. Select Java project and hit Next.

7. Type project name (same as the module name). Before hitting Next, select Create separate source and output folders in Project Layout. This creates a project where the source files live in a different folder than the class files, which is what we want. If you don’t do this, you will run into a bunch of inexplicable errors having to do with package names.

8. Hit next.

9. Leave the default output folder as /bin.

10. Hit the Finish button. You're done. Go to work.