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Essential CVS
By Jennifer Vesperman
   
Publisher : O'Reilly
Pub Date : June 2003
ISBN : 0-596-00459-1

    Dedication
    Copyright
    Preface
      Structure of the Book
      Conventions Used in This Book
      Learning More About CVS
      We'd Like to Hear from You
      Acknowledgments
    Part I:  Introduction
      Chapter 1.  What Is CVS?
      Section 1.1.  What Is a Versioning System?
      Section 1.2.  CVS in the Field
      Chapter 2.  CVS Quickstart Guide
      Section 2.1.  Installing CVS
      Section 2.2.  Building Your First Repository
      Section 2.3.  Importing Projects
      Section 2.4.  Accessing Remote Repositories
      Section 2.5.  Checking Out Files
      Section 2.6.  Committing Changes
      Section 2.7.  Updating Sandboxes
      Section 2.8.  Adding Files
      Section 2.9.  Removing Files
      Section 2.10.  Quick Tips for Success
    Part II:  Using CVS
      Chapter 3.  Basic Use of CVS
      Section 3.1.  General Information
      Section 3.2.  Sandboxes and Repositories
      Section 3.3.  Committing Changes to the Repository
      Section 3.4.  Checking File Status
      Section 3.5.  Updating the Sandbox Files from the Repository
      Section 3.6.  Adding Files to the Repository
      Section 3.7.  Removing Files from the Repository
      Section 3.8.  Moving Files or Directories
      Section 3.9.  Releasing a Sandbox
      Section 3.10.  Keywords
      Section 3.11.  Binary Files and Wrappers
      Section 3.12.  Specifying Default Command Options
      Chapter 4.  Tagging and Branching
      Section 4.1.  Tagging
      Section 4.2.  Stickiness
      Section 4.3.  Branching
      Section 4.4.  Branching Strategies
      Chapter 5.  Multiple Users
      Section 5.1.  Using Simultaneous Development
      Section 5.2.  Watching a File
      Section 5.3.  Reserving Files
      Section 5.4.  Comparing File Revisions
      Section 5.5.  Displaying Recent Changes
      Section 5.6.  Displaying File History
    Part III:  CVS Administration
      Chapter 6.  Repository Management
      Section 6.1.  Creating a Repository
      Section 6.2.  Deleting a Repository
      Section 6.3.  Securing Your Projects
      Section 6.4.  Repository Structure
      Section 6.5.  CVSROOT Files
      Section 6.6.  Server Environment Variables
      Section 6.7.  Backing Up a Repository
      Section 6.8.  Editing a Repository
      Section 6.9.  Sandbox Structure
      Section 6.10.  Client Environment Variables
      Section 6.11.  Exit Status
      Chapter 7.  Project Management
      Section 7.1.  Creating a Project
      Section 7.2.  Distributing Files
      Section 7.3.  Running Scripts
      Section 7.4.  Interfacing with External Programs
      Section 7.5.  Tools
      Section 7.6.  Strategies and Practices
      Chapter 8.  Remote Repositories
      Section 8.1.  Specifying Repository Paths
      Section 8.2.  The local Access Method
      Section 8.3.  The ext and server Access Methods
      Section 8.4.  The fork Access Method
      Section 8.5.  The gserver Access Method
      Section 8.6.  The kserver Access Method
      Section 8.7.  The pserver Access Method
      Section 8.8.  Using inetd with gserver, kserver, and pserver
      Chapter 9.  Troubleshooting
      Section 9.1.  General Troubleshooting Techniques
      Section 9.2.  Connectivity Problems
      Section 9.3.  Filename Problems
      Section 9.4.  Line-Ending Problems
      Section 9.5.  Permission Problems
      Section 9.6.  Lock Files
    Part IV:  Reference
      Chapter 10.  Command Reference
      Section 10.1.  CVS Command-Line Options
      Section 10.2.  CVS Commands
      Chapter 11.  Miscellaneous Topics Reference
      Section 11.1.  Administrative Files
      Section 11.2.  CVSROOT Files
      Section 11.3.  CVSROOT Variables
      Section 11.4.  Dates
      Section 11.5.  Environment Variables
      Section 11.6.  Keywords and Keyword Modes
      Section 11.7.  Pattern Matching
      Section 11.8.  Repository Access Methods
    Part V:  Appendixes
      Appendix A.  Clients and Operating Systems
      Section A.1.  Multi-Operating-System Clients
      Section A.2.  Macintosh Clients
      Section A.3.  Unix and Linux Clients
      Section A.4.  Windows Clients
      Section A.5.  Integration Tools
      Appendix B.  Administrator's Tools
      Section B.1.  CVS Variants
      Section B.2.  Distribution Tools
      Section B.3.  Logging Tools
      Section B.4.  Metadata Tools
      Section B.5.  Convertors
      Section B.6.  Miscellaneous
    CVS Quick Reference
      CVS Options
      Repository Access
      Common CVS Tasks
      Sandbox Commands
      Synchronization Commands
      File Commands
      Branch Commands
      Tag Commands
    Colophon
    Index