CVS Mini Howto

Robert G. Brown, rgb@phy.duke.edu

1. Preface

• 1.1 Copyright
• 1.2 Disclaimer
• 1.3 News
• 1.4 Credits

2. Introduction

• 2.1 Why Use CVS?
• 2.2 How To Use this HOWTO

3. CVS Overview and Concepts

• 3.1 Filesystem Constructs
• 3.2 Setup Steps.
• 3.3 Work Cycle

4. Setting Up to Use CVS

• 4.1 Creating a CVS root directory.
• 4.2 Setting your CVS root directory.
• 4.3 Creating a Working Directory and Archive

5. Basic CVS Commands

• 5.1 Preliminaries: Text Editor
• 5.2 Tutorial Introduction to Commands

6. The Typical Work Cycle (Revisited)

• 6.1 Personal Project
• 6.2 Group (Shared) Project

7. Additional resources