<s>
TortoiseCVS	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
CVS	B-Application
client	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
CVS	B-Application
tools	O
,	O
it	O
includes	O
itself	O
in	O
Windows	O
 '	O
shell	B-Operating_System
by	O
adding	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
contextual	O
menu	O
of	O
the	O
file	O
explorer	O
,	O
therefore	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
run	O
in	O
its	O
own	O
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moreover	O
,	O
it	O
adds	O
icons	O
onto	O
files	O
and	O
directories	O
controlled	O
by	O
CVS	B-Application
,	O
giving	O
additional	O
information	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
run	O
a	O
full-scale	O
stand-alone	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
is	O
a	O
pun	O
on	O
the	O
word	O
shell	B-Operating_System
(	O
computing	B-Operating_System
,	O
turtle	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tortoise	O
in	O
the	O
logo	O
is	O
called	O
Charlie	O
Vernon	O
Smythe	O
(	O
CVS	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
started	O
by	O
Francis	O
Irving	O
when	O
he	O
was	O
employed	O
by	O
Creature	O
Labs	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
better	O
interface	O
to	O
CVS	B-Application
for	O
his	O
colleagues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
was	O
derived	O
from	O
WinCVS	B-Protocol
and	O
CVSNT	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
TortoiseCVS	B-Protocol
will	O
always	O
add	O
argument	O
"	O
-c	O
"	O
to	O
most	O
CVS	B-Application
operations	O
when	O
communicating	O
with	O
a	O
CVS	B-Application
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
causes	O
standard	O
non-CVSNT	O
servers	O
to	O
fail	O
as	O
these	O
are	O
not	O
aware	O
of	O
this	O
argument	O
.	O
</s>
