Essential CVS

Essential CVS

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