Source Control

Here is the CVS Manual.

Here is a brief tutorial:

• login:

  Let cvs know your cvs password. Your password for cvs is the same as your mathserver password.

  cvs -d :pserver:jbredin@mathserver:/usr/local/src/cvsroot login

  Replace jbredin with your user name. The /usr/local/src/cvsroot denotes the directory where the repository resides.

• creating a project:

  cvs -d :pserver:jbredin@mathserver:/usr/local/src/cvsroot import test jbredin start

  The import command creates a new project in the test directory and adds all files in your current working directory into the new project, called test. The second use of jbredin is the vendor tag. Use whatever you wish for this class. The last argument, start, is the release tag. Again, use whatever you wish.

• checking out the project:

  cvs -d :pserver:jbredin@mathserver:/usr/local/src/cvsroot checkout test

  Retrieves the latest version of test. Use the checkout command before update! checkout creates local cvs utility files inside the CVS directory.

• getting the newest source:

  cvs -d :pserver:jbredin@mathserver:/usr/local/src/cvsroot update

  Gets the latest version of all the source code in your current working directory, assuming that you have already checked out the project.

• filing your changes:

  cvs -d :pserver:jbredin@mathserver:/usr/local/src/cvsroot commit

  Sends all the changes of your checked out files in the current directory to cvs. You may also specify a filename here. You should update and check your source before you commit.

• other commands:

  add, remove, tag
  See the cvs man page and manual for details.

• shortcut:

  You can set the environment variable CVSROOT in lieu of specfying the cvs location on the command line.