Book description
CVS, the Concurrent Versions System, is the popular source-code management tool that frees developers from the chaos that too often ensues when multiple users work on the same file. An open source technology that is available on most computer platforms, including Windows® and Mac OS® X, CVS is widely used to manage program code, web site content, and to track changes made to system configuration files. Multiple users can check out files from a directory tree, make changes, and then commit those changes back into the directory. If two developers modify the same file, CVS enables both sets of changes to be merged together into one final file. Although CVS is a lifesaver in many development scenarios, it suffers from poor documentation. But with Essential CVS, developers can have it all: the order that CVS brings and the comprehensive documentation developers need. Essential CVS is a complete and easy-to-follow reference that helps programmers and system administrators apply order to the task of managing large quantities of documents. The book covers basic concepts and usage of CVS, and features a comprehensive reference for CVS commands--including a handy Command Reference Card for quick, on-the-job checks. The book also includes advanced information on all aspects of CVS that involve automation, logging, branching and merging, and "watches." Readers will find in-depth coverage of the following:
Installing CVS and building your first repository
Basic use of CVS, including importing projects, checking out projects, committing changes, and updating projects
Tagging, branching and merging
Working with multiple users
Clients, operating systems, and IDEs
Repository management and managing remote repositories
Project administration, including bug tracking systems, enforcing log messages, history and annotation, and more.
Troubleshooting
Version control is essential to maintaining order in any project, large or small. Any CVS user, from beginners to team leaders and system administrators, will find this practical guide to CVS indispensable in getting the most from this valuable tool.
Table of contents
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Essential CVS
- Preface
- I. Introduction
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II. Using CVS
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3. Basic Use of CVS
- General Information
- Sandboxes and Repositories
- Committing Changes to the Repository
- Checking File Status
- Updating the Sandbox Files from the Repository
- Adding Files to the Repository
- Removing Files from the Repository
- Moving Files or Directories
- Releasing a Sandbox
- Keywords
- Binary Files and Wrappers
- Specifying Default Command Options
- 4. Tagging and Branching
- 5. Multiple Users
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3. Basic Use of CVS
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III. CVS Administration
- 6. Repository Management
- 7. Project Management
- 8. Remote Repositories
- 9. Troubleshooting
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IV. Reference
- 10. Command Reference
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11. Miscellaneous Topics Reference
- Administrative Files
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CVSROOT Files
- The checkoutlist File
- The commitinfo File
- The config File
- The cvsignore File
- The cvswrappers File
- The editinfo File
- The history File
- The loginfo File
- The modules File
- The notify File
- The passwd File
- The rcsinfo File
- The readers File
- The taginfo File
- The users File
- The val-tags File
- The verifymsg File
- The writers File
- CVSROOT Variables
- Dates
- Environment Variables
- Keywords and Keyword Modes
- Pattern Matching
- Repository Access Methods
- V. Appendixes
- C. CVS Quick Reference
- Index
- Colophon
Product information
- Title: Essential CVS
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2003
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596004590
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