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Essential CVS
By Jennifer Vesperman

Publisher	: O'Reilly
Pub Date	: June 2003
ISBN	: 0-596-00459-1

Dedication

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

Synchronization Commands