Description of VCS Profile.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. The Structure of VCS Profile
3. Variables
4. Commands

Introduction

The Profiles are used in VCS Generic as a description of the VCS integration. In general, the profile defines a set of variables and VCS commands. The commands can use the defined variables for their execution.

The Structure of VCS Profile

The profile consists of an XML file. There can also be associated Java classes, that the profile refer to. The classes are typically contained in the same module that provides the XML profile file.

Detailed description of XML profile structure.

Variables

The profile can define an arbitrary number of variables of unique names. Every variable have a string value.
There are some variables with special meaning. When these variables are defined, they determine the behavior of the VCS integration in some way. There are eight categories of the special variables:

• File Status Description
• Context Variables
• Value Adjustment
• Input Descriptors for Customization and Global Options
• File Filter
• Auto-fill and Auto-recognition of VCS Type
• Disk Cache Location
• Maximum Length of Commands Execution String

Commands

TBD.