TortoiseCVS description
TortoiseCVS will let you work with files under CVS version control directly from Windows Explorer.

TortoiseCVS will let you work with files under CVS version control directly from Windows Explorer.

With TortoiseCVS you can directly check out modules, update, commit and see differences by right clicking on files and folders within Explorer.

You can see the state of a file with overlays on top of the normal icons within Explorer. It even works from within the file open dialog.

You can perform tagging, branching, merging and importing, and you can go directly to a browser web log (using ViewCVS or CVSWeb) on a particular file.

TortoiseCVS is a front-end client to make using CVS easier and more intuitive. It allows developers to work with files controlled by CVS directly from Windows Explorer.

One of the major drawbacks of CVS is the command-line interface that is provided. Many developers today are becoming more accustomed to the graphical integrated development environments (IDEs). TortoiseCVS aims to provide that "point-and-click" environment in a clever and intuitive way.