***CVSTrac Browser***

CVSTrac includes a powerful repository browser. It allows you to quickly
navigate through the repository (deleted or otherwise) and view the
{wiki: CvstracFileHistory change history} for any given file.

**Short View**

The basic browser view is simply a list of filenames. Directories are always
listed first. Clicking on a file takes you to the
{wiki: CvstracFileHistory file history} page.

**Long View**

More recently added, the Long view is similar to that provided by applications
like {link: http://freshmeat.net/projects/cvsweb/ cvsweb}. Files are listed in
a table with revision, user, age and {wiki: CvstracCheckin check-in} comments.
Clicking on the column headers causes the display to be sorted according to the
column.

Clicking on the revision takes you directly to the
{wiki: CvstracFileview file view} for that revision. Selecting the filename
takes you to the {wiki: CvstracFileHistory file history} page. You can also go
directly to the {wiki: CvstracCheckin check-in}.

**Deleted Files**

The browser shows deleted files with a red 'X' icon. Because of how CVS does
branches, this deleted state only reflects the most recent commit for that file
in any branch. It may (and probably is) still be an active file _somewhere_ in
the revision tree.