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10.2 NetBeans: The Open Source IDE247Figure 10.8 Cascaded menu with CVS commandsUsing the integrated CVS is much like using the command line. If youwant to see the changes that you’ve made (before committing), use the Diffcommand. A window will appear showing the two different versions andcoloring the lines that have been added, deleted, or changed.When you need to commit your changes, click the filename, then rightmouseyour way to Commit. A dialog window will appear for you to type inthe comment that you want to be associated with this change. (This commentwill appear in the Log command display).To incorporate the changes others on your project may have made on thefile, use the Update command. A dialog box will display the CVS outputshowing what was updated and if any merge conflicts occurred. (See Chapter 8for more on this.)The CVS commands in the menu, as we’ve described them so far, don’tallow you to add any options to the commands. They just run with the defaults.What if you want to use some of the options available on the CVS commandline? Then hold down the Ctrl key just before your make your CVS choices.You should see an ellipsis (“...”) appear after each CVS command for whichyou can now select options (Figure 10.9).Of course one of the great things about knowing the command-line version(see Chapter 8) is that you’re not limited to what the GUI tools will dofor you. If you can’t find the option you want, just go back to a window witha shell prompt, cd into the appropriate directory in your source tree, and typethe CVS command by hand. As noted earlier, NetBeans is smart enough to