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
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