CVS—Concurrent Versions System v1.12.13: Table of Contents

1. Overview
- 1.1 What is CVS?
- 1.2 What is CVS not?
- 1.3 A sample session
2. The Repository
- 2.1 Telling CVS where your repository is
- 2.2 How data is stored in the repository
- 2.3 How data is stored in the working directory
- 2.4 The administrative files
  - 2.4.1 Editing administrative files
- 2.5 Multiple repositories
- 2.6 Creating a repository
- 2.7 Backing up a repository
- 2.8 Moving a repository
- 2.9 Remote repositories
- 2.10 Read-only repository access
- 2.11 Temporary directories for the server
3. Starting a project with CVS
- 3.1 Setting up the files
- 3.2 Defining the module
4. Revisions
- 4.1 Revision numbers
- 4.2 Versions, revisions and releases
- 4.3 Assigning revisions
- 4.4 Tags–Symbolic revisions
- 4.5 Specifying what to tag from the working directory
- 4.6 Specifying what to tag by date or revision
- 4.7 Deleting, moving, and renaming tags
- 4.8 Tagging and adding and removing files
- 4.9 Sticky tags
5. Branching and merging
- 5.1 What branches are good for
- 5.2 Creating a branch
- 5.3 Accessing branches
- 5.4 Branches and revisions
- 5.5 Magic branch numbers
- 5.6 Merging an entire branch
- 5.7 Merging from a branch several times
- 5.8 Merging differences between any two revisions
- 5.9 Merging can add or remove files
- 5.10 Merging and keywords
6. Recursive behavior
7. Adding, removing, and renaming files and directories
- 7.1 Adding files to a directory
- 7.2 Removing files
- 7.3 Removing directories
- 7.4 Moving and renaming files
- 7.5 Moving and renaming directories
8. History browsing
- 8.1 Log messages
- 8.2 The history database
- 8.3 User-defined logging
9. Handling binary files
- 9.1 The issues with binary files
- 9.2 How to store binary files
10. Multiple developers
- 10.1 File status
- 10.2 Bringing a file up to date
- 10.3 Conflicts example
- 10.4 Informing others about commits
- 10.5 Several developers simultaneously attempting to run CVS
- 10.6 Mechanisms to track who is editing files
- 10.7 Choosing between reserved or unreserved checkouts
11. Revision management
- 11.1 When to commit?
12. Keyword substitution
- 12.1 Keyword List
- 12.2 Using keywords
- 12.3 Avoiding substitution
- 12.4 Substitution modes
- 12.5 Configuring Keyword Expansion
- 12.6 Problems with the $Log$ keyword.
13. Tracking third-party sources
- 13.1 Importing for the first time
- 13.2 Updating with the import command
- 13.3 Reverting to the latest vendor release
- 13.4 How to handle binary files with cvs import
- 13.5 How to handle keyword substitution with cvs import
- 13.6 Multiple vendor branches
14. How your build system interacts with CVS
15. Special Files
A. Guide to CVS commands
- A.1 Overall structure of CVS commands
- A.2 CVS's exit status
- A.3 Default options and the ~/.cvsrc file
- A.4 Global options
- A.5 Common command options
- A.6 Date input formats
  - A.6.1 General date syntax
  - A.6.2 Calendar date items
  - A.6.3 Time of day items
  - A.6.4 Time zone items
  - A.6.5 Day of week items
  - A.6.6 Relative items in date strings
  - A.6.7 Pure numbers in date strings
  - A.6.8 Seconds since the Epoch
  - A.6.9 Specifying time zone rules
  - A.6.10 Authors of get_date
- A.7 admin—Administration
  - A.7.1 admin options
- A.8 annotate—What revision modified each line of a file?
  - A.8.1 annotate options
  - A.8.2 annotate example
- A.9 checkout—Check out sources for editing
  - A.9.1 checkout options
  - A.9.2 checkout examples
- A.10 commit—Check files into the repository
  - A.10.1 commit options
  - A.10.2 commit examples
    - A.10.2.1 Committing to a branch
    - A.10.2.2 Creating the branch after editing
- A.11 diff—Show differences between revisions
  - A.11.1 diff options
    - A.11.1.1 Line group formats
    - A.11.1.2 Line formats
  - A.11.2 diff examples
- A.12 export—Export sources from CVS, similar to checkout
  - A.12.1 export options
- A.13 history—Show status of files and users
  - A.13.1 history options
- A.14 import—Import sources into CVS, using vendor branches
  - A.14.1 import options
  - A.14.2 import output
  - A.14.3 import examples
- A.15 log—Print out log information for files
  - A.15.1 log options
  - A.15.2 log examples
- A.16 ls & rls
  - A.16.1 ls & rls options
  - A.16.2 rls examples
- A.17 rdiff—'patch' format diffs between releases
  - A.17.1 rdiff options
  - A.17.2 rdiff examples
- A.18 release—Indicate that a Module is no longer in use
  - A.18.1 release options
  - A.18.2 release output
  - A.18.3 release examples
- A.19 server & pserver—Act as a server for a client on stdin/stdout
- A.20 update—Bring work tree in sync with repository
  - A.20.1 update options
  - A.20.2 update output
B. Quick reference to CVS commands
C. Reference manual for Administrative files
- C.1 The modules file
- C.2 The cvswrappers file
- C.3 The Trigger Scripts
- C.4 Rcsinfo
- C.5 Ignoring files via cvsignore
- C.6 The checkoutlist file
- C.7 The history file
- C.8 Expansions in administrative files
- C.9 The CVSROOT/config configuration file
D. All environment variables which affect CVS
E. Compatibility between CVS Versions
F. Troubleshooting
- F.1 Partial list of error messages
- F.2 Trouble making a connection to a CVS server
- F.3 Other common problems
G. Credits
H. Dealing with bugs in CVS or this manual
Index

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