CVS Commands

CVS Commands

hansel<hansel@163.com>
2005.4.17

1.Add CVSROOT Definition
Avoid using -d parameter for each time using cvs. May be add to .bash_profile in your home directory or add to /etc/bashrc for everybody to using.
Note: Do not leave blank at both side of equal mark, USERNAME is for cvs server, SERVER_IP is ip address of cvs server.

CVSROOT=:pserver:USERNAME@SERVER_IP:/cvsroot
export CVSROOT

2.login：login to cvs server. Only need login one time, cvs will keep your login information.

cvs login

3.checkout: check out a module on cvs server
Enter your working folder before using this command, may be your home directory. MODULE is module name on cvs server.

cvs co MODULE

4.update：update files in working folder
Should run this command before each time commit a module.

cvs up

using -d option to auto create new fold in working folder.

cvs up -d

5.commit：commit local files in working folder to cvs server.

cvs ci

6.add：Add a new file or directory. For folder with sub-folder, using import command instead.

cvs add FILE or DIRECTORY
cvs import DIRECTORY

7.remove: Remove a file or directory on cvs server

cvs remove FILE or DIRECTORY