Author: vsiveton Date: Tue Sep 2 17:11:01 2008 New Revision: 691442 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=691442&view=rev Log: SCM-339: Need documentation on how to configure path to ss.exe for VSS provider Submitted by: Allan Lang Reviewed by: Vincent Siveton
o patch applied Modified: maven/scm/trunk/src/site/apt/vss.apt Modified: maven/scm/trunk/src/site/apt/vss.apt URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/maven/scm/trunk/src/site/apt/vss.apt?rev=691442&r1=691441&r2=691442&view=diff ============================================================================== --- maven/scm/trunk/src/site/apt/vss.apt (original) +++ maven/scm/trunk/src/site/apt/vss.apt Tue Sep 2 17:11:01 2008 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ------ Wim Deblauwe ------ - 2005-12-01 + 2008-09-02 ------ ~~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one @@ -53,3 +53,27 @@ ------- scm:vss|C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS|/SomeProject ------- + +* Provider Configuration + + The provider configuration is defined in ${user.home}/.scm/vss-settings.xml + +** VSS Installation directory + + The provider needs to know the installation path of the ss.exe in order to fulfill VSS commands. The installation path can be set in two ways - either in the vss-settings.xml file: + +------- +<vss-settings> + <Settings> + <vssDirectory>ss_exe_directory</vssDirectory> + <Settings> +</vss-settings> +------- + + or on the command line: + +------- +mvn -DvssDirectory=ss_exe_directory scm:update +------- + + In either case, ss_exe_directory should be set to the full path to the directory where ss.exe resides (e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\bin).