Chapter 2. CVS Quickstart Guide
To help you get up to speed quickly using CVS, this chapter explains the most common CVS operations. The commands and examples in this chapter are based on standard situations and cover only the most common options. Future chapters go further in depth on each topic covered in this chapter.
The examples and instructions in this chapter are based on the Unix/Linux command-line CVS client. Most graphical clients use the CVS command names for their menu options and buttons, so if you’re using a graphical client you should be able to follow this chapter reasonably easily. Graphical clients and clients for operating systems other than Unix/Linux are described in Appendix A.
You may not need to read all of this chapter; follow these guidelines:
If you’re working on an existing project that is already stored in CVS, skip the early sections and start at Section 2.5.
If CVS is already installed and running, with a repository available for your project, go straight to Section 2.3.
If you’re not sure whether CVS is already installed
and running, read the first part of Section 2.1; it tells you how to check.
If you’re uncertain about having a repository, try
searching for the directory
CVSROOT
. The repository root is then the
directory that CVSROOT is in. The other
directories in the top level of the repository are CVS projects.
Installing CVS
CVS is client/server software that runs on Unix and Linux platforms. When you install CVS on a Unix/Linux server, you automatically ...
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