How can I change customization of status labels?

NetBeans CVS support allows you to customize status labels shown next to nodes in explorer views (e.g. Projects, Files, Favorites windows). You can toggle versioning labels on/off by choosing View > Show Versioning Labels (NB 5.x: Show CVS Status Labels) from the IDE's main menu.

NetBeans 6.x

To customize the format of these labels choose Tools > Options > Miscellaneous > Versioning > CVS and edit the Status Label Format field according to your needs.

NetBeans 5.x

There is a property for the customization of status labels:

Message format employs the following arguments:
{0} stays for revision
{1} stays for status
{2} stays for branch or sticky tag
{3} stays for binary flag

Current default is:
-J-Dnetbeans.experimental.cvs.ui.statusLabelFormat="[{1}; {2}]"

For example, you can edit the property string to include revisions and binary flags:
-J-Dnetbeans.experimental.cvs.ui.statusLabelFormat=" {0} {2} {3}"

Note: Make sure the View > Show CVS Status Labels option is activated.