Tip 4: Fresh CVS Checkout from within IDEA

Most ppl are not aware of the fact that fresh CVS checkout can be done within IDEA. ppl resort to wincvs or turtoise for fresh CVS checkout. ok, without further ado i'll come to the point.

File > Checkout From CVS...

click on this menu item, and then select a repository in the next screen.

the best part is we can checkout any and all directories, including sub-directories of modules, we can slect multiple directories too.

File menu also contains "Browse CVS Repository" where u can actually see the contents of any repository.

so happy CVS Checkouting and Browsing.

(i know "Checkouting" sounds lame ;-)