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This info manual describes how to use and administer CVS version 1.12.5.
Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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| Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Derek R. Price, | |
| Copyright © 2002, 2003 Ximbiot http://ximbiot.com, | |
| Copyright © 1992, 1993, 1999 Signum Support AB, | |
| and Copyright © others. |
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| 1. Overview | An introduction to CVS | |
| 2. The Repository | Where all your sources are stored | |
| 3. Starting a project with CVS | ||
| 4. Revisions | Numeric and symbolic names for revisions | |
| 5. Branching and merging | Diverging/rejoining branches of development | |
| 6. Recursive behavior | CVS descends directories | |
| 7. Adding, removing, and renaming files and directories | Adding/removing/renaming files/directories | |
| 8. History browsing | Viewing the history of files in various ways | |
| CVS and the Real World. | ||
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| 9. Handling binary files | CVS can handle binary files | |
| 10. Multiple developers | How CVS helps a group of developers | |
| 11. Revision management | Policy questions for revision management | |
| 12. Keyword substitution | CVS can include the revision inside the file | |
| 13. Tracking third-party sources | ||
| 14. How your build system interacts with CVS | Issues related to CVS and builds | |
| 15. Special Files | Devices, links and other non-regular files | |
| References. | ||
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| A. Guide to CVS commands | CVS commands share some things | |
| B. Quick reference to CVS commands | ||
| C. Reference manual for Administrative files | Reference manual for the Administrative files | |
| D. All environment variables which affect CVS | ||
| E. Compatibility between CVS Versions | Upgrading CVS versions | |
| F. Troubleshooting | Some tips when nothing works | |
| G. Credits | Some of the contributors to this manual | |
| H. Dealing with bugs in CVS or this manual | ||
| Index | ||