Essential CVS
Essential CVS By Jennifer Vesperman
June 2003
Pages: 336

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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction

    1. Chapter 1 What Is CVS?

      1. What Is a Versioning System?
      2. CVS in the Field

    2. Chapter 2 CVS Quickstart Guide

      1. Installing CVS
      2. Building Your First Repository
      3. Importing Projects
      4. Accessing Remote Repositories
      5. Checking Out Files
      6. Committing Changes
      7. Updating Sandboxes
      8. Adding Files
      9. Removing Files
      10. Quick Tips for Success

  2. Using CVS

    1. Chapter 3 Basic Use of CVS

      1. General Information
      2. Sandboxes and Repositories
      3. Committing Changes to the Repository
      4. Checking File Status
      5. Updating the Sandbox Files from the Repository
      6. Adding Files to the Repository
      7. Removing Files from the Repository
      8. Moving Files or Directories
      9. Releasing a Sandbox
      10. Keywords
      11. Binary Files and Wrappers
      12. Specifying Default Command Options

    2. Chapter 4 Tagging and Branching

      1. Tagging
      2. Stickiness
      3. Branching
      4. Branching Strategies

    3. Chapter 5 Multiple Users

      1. Using Simultaneous Development
      2. Watching a File
      3. Reserving Files
      4. Comparing File Revisions
      5. Displaying Recent Changes
      6. Displaying File History

  3. CVS Administration

    1. Chapter 6 Repository Management

      1. Creating a Repository
      2. Deleting a Repository
      3. Securing Your Projects
      4. Repository Structure
      5. CVSROOT Files
      6. Server Environment Variables
      7. Backing Up a Repository
      8. Editing a Repository
      9. Sandbox Structure
      10. Client Environment Variables
      11. Exit Status

    2. Chapter 7 Project Management

      1. Creating a Project
      2. Distributing Files
      3. Running Scripts
      4. Interfacing with External Programs
      5. Tools
      6. Strategies and Practices

    3. Chapter 8 Remote Repositories

      1. Specifying Repository Paths
      2. The local Access Method
      3. The ext and server Access Methods
      4. The fork Access Method
      5. The gserver Access Method
      6. The kserver Access Method
      7. The pserver Access Method
      8. Using inetd with gserver, kserver, and pserver

    4. Chapter 9 Troubleshooting

      1. General Troubleshooting Techniques
      2. Connectivity Problems
      3. Filename Problems
      4. Line-Ending Problems
      5. Permission Problems
      6. Lock Files

  4. Reference

    1. Chapter 10 Command Reference

      1. CVS Command-Line Options
      2. CVS Commands

    2. Chapter 11 Miscellaneous Topics Reference

      1. Administrative Files
      2. CVSROOT Files
      3. CVSROOT Variables
      4. Dates
      5. Environment Variables
      6. Keywords and Keyword Modes
      7. Pattern Matching
      8. Repository Access Methods

  5. Appendixes

    1. Appendix A Clients and Operating Systems

      1. Multi-Operating-System Clients
      2. Macintosh Clients
      3. Unix and Linux Clients
      4. Windows Clients
      5. Integration Tools

    2. Appendix B Administrator's Tools

      1. CVS Variants
      2. Distribution Tools
      3. Logging Tools
      4. Metadata Tools
      5. Convertors
      6. Miscellaneous

  1. Appendix CVS Quick Reference

    1. CVS Options

    2. Repository Access

    3. Common CVS Tasks

    4. Sandbox Commands

    5. Synchronization Commands

    6. File Commands

    7. Branch Commands

    8. Tag Commands

  2. Colophon

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