Quick Guide to CVS
Posted on Monday, January 09, 2006 at 11:55 PM by Malcolm
Here is a quick guide to setting up and using CVS. The commands shown below was tested on Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.10 available from Cyclic SoftwareSee also
Setup
- Set CVSROOT to a directory (e.g. setenv CVSROOT ~/cvsroot )
- Run "cvs init"
Put Project into CVS
- To add version control for a project consist of multiple files in a directory, e.g. ~/project
- cd to ~/project
- Run "cvs import -m "Project" myproject sample start"
- The respective arguments are :
- cvs -m "Log message" repository vendor-tag release-tags
- You can put anything you like for the tags and log message.
- You will need to use "repository" to checkout your files later.
Checkout a Project
- To checkout a project
- Run "cvs checkout myproject"
- You can subsitute "myproject" for any other repositories in the CVS.
Update a Project
- To update a project after modifying several files
- Run "cvs commit"
- An editor will be shown to allow you to add comments on the changes
- To use another editor eg: xemacs, do "setenv EDITOR xemacs"
Add/Remove File
- To add a file, run "cvs add filename; cvs commit"
- To remove a file, run "cvs remove filename; cvs commit"
Topics not covered here
- Version branches
- Multiple developers
