CVS--Concurrent Versions System

• About this manual
  • Checklist for the impatient reader
  • Credits
  • BUGS
• 1 What is CVS?
  • CVS is not...
• 2 Basic concepts
  • 3.0 Revision numbers
  • 4.0 Versions, revisions and releases
• 5 A sample session
  • 6.0 Getting the source
  • 7.0 Committing your changes
  • 8.0 Cleaning up
  • 9.0 Viewing differences
• 10 The Repository
  • 11.0 Telling CVS where your repository is
  • 12.0 How data is stored in the repository
    • 13.0.0 Where files are stored within the repository
    • 14.0.0 File permissions
  • 15.0 The administrative files
    • 16.0.0 Editing administrative files
  • 17.0 Multiple repositories
  • 18.0 Creating a repository
  • 19.0 Remote repositories
    • 20.0.0 Connecting with rsh
    • 21.0.0 Direct connection with password authentication
      • 22.0.0.0 Setting up the server for password authentication
      • 23.0.0.0 Using the client with password authentication
      • 24.0.0.0 Security considerations with password authentication
    • 25.0.0 Direct connection with kerberos
• 26 Starting a project with CVS
  • 27.0 Setting up the files
    • 28.0.0 Creating a directory tree from a number of files
    • 29.0.0 Creating Files From Other Version Control Systems
    • 30.0.0 Creating a directory tree from scratch
  • 31.0 Defining the module
• 32 Multiple developers
  • 33.0 File status
  • 34.0 Bringing a file up to date
  • 35.0 Conflicts example
  • 36.0 Informing others about commits
  • 37.0 Several developers simultaneously attempting to run CVS
  • 38.0 Mechanisms to track who is editing files
    • 39.0.0 Telling CVS to watch certain files
    • 40.0.0 Telling CVS to notify you
    • 41.0.0 How to edit a file which is being watched
    • 42.0.0 Information about who is watching and editing
    • 43.0.0 Using watches with old versions of CVS
  • 44.0 Choosing between reserved or unreserved checkouts
• 45 Branches
  • 46.0 Tags--Symbolic revisions
  • 47.0 What branches are good for
  • 48.0 Creating a branch
  • 49.0 Sticky tags
• 50 Merging
  • 51.0 Merging an entire branch
  • 52.0 Merging from a branch several times
  • 53.0 Merging differences between any two revisions
  • 54.0 Merging can add or remove files
• 55 Recursive behavior
• 56 Adding files to a directory
• 57 Removing files from a module
• 58 Tracking third-party sources
  • 59.0 Importing a module for the first time
  • 60.0 Updating a module with the import command
  • 61.0 How to handle binary files with cvs import
• 62 Moving and renaming files
  • 63.0 The Normal way to Rename
  • 64.0 Moving the history file
  • 65.0 Copying the history file
• 66 Moving and renaming directories
• 67 History browsing
  • 68.0 Log messages
  • 69.0 The history database
  • 70.0 User-defined logging
  • 71.0 Annotate command
• 72 Keyword substitution
  • 73.0 RCS Keywords
  • 74.0 Using keywords
  • 75.0 Avoiding substitution
  • 76.0 Substitution modes
  • 77.0 Problems with the $@asis{}Log$ keyword.
• 78 Handling binary files
• 79 Revision management
  • 80.0 When to commit?
• A Reference manual for CVS commands
  • B.0 Overall structure of CVS commands
  • C.0 Default options and the ~/.cvsrc file
  • D.0 Global options
  • E.0 Common command options
  • F.0 admin--Administration front end for rcs
    • G.0.0 admin options
    • H.0.0 admin examples
      • I.0.0.0 Outdating is dangerous
      • J.0.0.0 Comment leaders
  • K.0 checkout--Check out sources for editing
    • L.0.0 checkout options
    • M.0.0 checkout examples
  • N.0 commit--Check files into the repository
    • O.0.0 commit options
    • P.0.0 commit examples
      • Q.0.0.0 New major release number
      • R.0.0.0 Committing to a branch
      • S.0.0.0 Creating the branch after editing
  • T.0 diff--Run diffs between revisions
    • U.0.0 diff options
    • V.0.0 diff examples
  • W.0 export--Export sources from CVS, similar to checkout
    • X.0.0 export options
  • Y.0 history--Show status of files and users
    • Z.0.0 history options
  • AA.0 import--Import sources into CVS, using vendor branches
    • AB.0.0 import options
    • AC.0.0 import output
    • AD.0.0 import examples
  • AE.0 log--Print out log information for files
    • AF.0.0 log options
    • AG.0.0 log examples
  • AH.0 rdiff---'patch' format diffs between releases
    • AI.0.0 rdiff options
    • AJ.0.0 rdiff examples
  • AK.0 release--Indicate that a Module is no longer in use
    • AL.0.0 release options
    • AM.0.0 release output
    • AN.0.0 release examples
  • AO.0 rtag--Add a symbolic tag to a module
    • AP.0.0 rtag options
  • AQ.0 status--Display status information on checked out files
    • AR.0.0 status options
  • AS.0 tag--Add a symbolic tag to checked out versions of files
    • AT.0.0 tag options
  • AU.0 update--Bring work tree in sync with repository
    • AV.0.0 update options
    • AW.0.0 update output
    • AX.0.0 update examples
• AY Reference manual for the Administrative files
  • AZ.0 The modules file
  • BA.0 The cvswrappers file
  • BB.0 The commit support files
    • BC.0.0 The common syntax
  • BD.0 Commitinfo
  • BE.0 Editinfo
    • BF.0.0 Editinfo example
  • BG.0 Loginfo
    • BH.0.0 Loginfo example
    • BI.0.0 Keeping a checked out copy
  • BJ.0 Rcsinfo
  • BK.0 Ignoring files via cvsignore
  • BL.0 The history file
  • BM.0 Expansions in administrative files
• BN All environment variables which affect CVS
• BO Troubleshooting
  • BP.0 Magic branch numbers
• BQ GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
• Index

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