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!

  • !, in modules file

    • #

  • #cvs.lock, removing
  • #cvs.lock, technical details
  • #cvs.rfl, and backups
  • #cvs.rfl, removing
  • #cvs.rfl, technical details
  • #cvs.tfl
  • #cvs.wfl, removing
  • #cvs.wfl, technical details

    • &

  • &, in modules file

    • -

  • -a, in modules file
  • -d, in modules file
  • -e, in modules file, -e, in modules file
  • -i, in modules file, -i, in modules file
  • -j (merging branches)
  • -j (merging branches), and keyword substitution
  • -k (keyword substitution)
  • -kk, to avoid conflicts during a merge
  • -o, in modules file, -o, in modules file
  • -s, in modules file
  • -t, in modules file, -t, in modules file
  • -u, in modules file, -u, in modules file

    • .

  • .# files
  • .bashrc, setting CVSROOT in
  • .cshrc, setting CVSROOT in
  • .cvsrc file
  • .profile, setting CVSROOT in
  • .tcshrc, setting CVSROOT in

    • /

  • /usr/local/cvsroot, as example repository

    • :

  • :ext:, setting up
  • :ext:, troubleshooting
  • :fork:, setting up
  • :gserver:, setting up
  • :kserver:, setting up
  • :local:, setting up
  • :pserver:, setting up
  • :pserver:, troubleshooting
  • :server:, setting up
  • :server:, troubleshooting

    • <

  • <<<<<<<

    • =

  • =======

    • >

  • >>>>>>>

    • _

  • __ files (VMS)

    • a

  • Abandoning work
  • Access a branch
  • add (subcommand)
  • Adding a tag
  • Adding files
  • Admin (subcommand)
  • Administrative files (intro)
  • Administrative files (reference)
  • Administrative files, editing them
  • Alias modules
  • ALL in commitinfo
  • Ampersand modules
  • annotate (subcommand)
  • Atomic transactions, lack of
  • Attic
  • Authenticated client, using
  • Authenticating server, setting up
  • Authentication, stream
  • Author keyword
  • Automatically ignored files
  • Avoiding editor invocation

    • b

  • Backing up, repository
  • Base directory, in CVS directory
  • BASE, as reserved tag name
  • BASE, special tag
  • Baserev file, in CVS directory
  • Baserev.tmp file, in CVS directory
  • Bill of materials
  • Binary files
  • Branch merge example
  • Branch number, Branch number
  • Branch, accessing
  • Branch, check out
  • Branch, creating a
  • Branch, identifying
  • Branch, retrieving
  • Branch, vendor-
  • Branches motivation
  • Branches, copying changes between
  • Branches, sticky
  • Branching
  • Bringing a file up to date
  • Bugs in this manual or CVS
  • Bugs, reporting
  • Builds

    • c

  • Changes, copying between branches
  • Changing a log message
  • Check out a branch
  • Checked out copy, keeping
  • Checkin program
  • Checkin.prog file, in CVS directory
  • Checking commits
  • Checking out source
  • checkout (subcommand)
  • Checkout program
  • Checkout, as term for getting ready to edit
  • Checkout, example
  • checkoutlist
  • Choosing, reserved or unreserved checkouts
  • Cleaning up
  • Client/Server Operation
  • co (subcommand)
  • Command reference
  • Command structure
  • Comment leader
  • commit (subcommand)
  • Commit files
  • Commit, when to
  • Commitinfo
  • Committing changes
  • Common options
  • Common syntax of info files
  • Compatibility, between CVS versions
  • Compression, Compression
  • COMSPEC, environment variable
  • config, in CVSROOT
  • Conflict markers
  • Conflict resolution
  • Conflicts (merge example)
  • Contributors (CVS program)
  • Contributors (manual)
  • Copying a repository
  • Copying changes
  • Correcting a log message
  • Creating a branch
  • Creating a project
  • Creating a repository
  • Credits (CVS program)
  • Credits (manual)
  • CVS 1.6, and watches
  • CVS command structure
  • CVS directory, in repository
  • CVS directory, in working directory
  • CVS passwd file
  • CVS, history of
  • CVS, introduction to
  • CVS, versions of
  • CVS/Base directory
  • CVS/Baserev file
  • CVS/Baserev.tmp file
  • CVS/Checkin.prog file
  • CVS/Entries file
  • CVS/Entries.Backup file
  • CVS/Entries.Log file
  • CVS/Entries.Static file
  • CVS/Notify file
  • CVS/Notify.tmp file
  • CVS/Repository file
  • CVS/Root file
  • CVS/Tag file
  • CVS/Template file
  • CVS/Update.prog file
  • CVS_CLIENT_LOG, environment variable
  • CVS_CLIENT_PORT
  • CVS_IGNORE_REMOTE_ROOT, environment variable
  • CVS_PASSFILE, environment variable
  • CVS_RCMD_PORT, environment variable
  • CVS_RSH, environment variable
  • CVS_SERVER, and :fork:
  • CVS_SERVER, environment variable
  • CVS_SERVER_SLEEP, environment variable
  • cvsadmin
  • CVSEDITOR, environment variable
  • CVSEDITOR, internal variable
  • cvsignore (admin file), global
  • CVSIGNORE, environment variable
  • CVSREAD, environment variable
  • CVSREAD, overriding
  • cvsroot
  • CVSROOT (file)
  • CVSROOT, environment variable
  • CVSROOT, internal variable
  • CVSROOT, module name
  • CVSROOT, multiple repositories
  • CVSROOT, overriding
  • CVSROOT, storage of files
  • CVSROOT/config
  • CVSUMASK, environment variable
  • cvswrappers (admin file)
  • CVSWRAPPERS, environment variable, CVSWRAPPERS, environment variable
  • Cyclic Software

    • d

  • Date keyword
  • Dates
  • Dead state
  • Decimal revision number
  • DEFAULT in commitinfo
  • DEFAULT in editinfo
  • DEFAULT in verifymsg
  • Defining a module
  • Defining modules (intro)
  • Defining modules (reference manual)
  • Deleting files
  • Deleting revisions
  • Deleting sticky tags
  • Deleting tags
  • Descending directories
  • Device nodes
  • Diff
  • diff (subcommand)
  • Differences, merging
  • Directories, moving
  • Directories, removing
  • Directory, descending
  • Disjoint repositories
  • Distributing log messages
  • driver.c (merge example)

    • e

  • edit (subcommand)
  • editinfo (admin file)
  • Editing administrative files
  • Editing the modules file
  • Editor, avoiding invocation of
  • EDITOR, environment variable
  • EDITOR, internal variable
  • EDITOR, overriding
  • Editor, specifying per module
  • editors (subcommand)
  • emerge
  • Encryption
  • Entries file, in CVS directory
  • Entries.Backup file, in CVS directory
  • Entries.Log file, in CVS directory
  • Entries.Static file, in CVS directory
  • Environment variables
  • Errors, reporting
  • Example of a work-session
  • Example of merge
  • Example, branch merge
  • Excluding directories, in modules file
  • Exit status, of commitinfo
  • Exit status, of CVS
  • Exit status, of editor
  • Exit status, of taginfo
  • Exit status, of verifymsg
  • export (subcommand)
  • Export program

    • f

  • Fetching source
  • File had conflicts on merge
  • File locking
  • File permissions, general
  • File permissions, Windows-specific
  • File status
  • Files, moving
  • Files, reference manual
  • Fixing a log message
  • Forcing a tag match
  • fork, access method
  • Form for log message
  • Format of CVS commands

    • g

  • Getting started
  • Getting the source
  • Global cvsignore
  • Global options
  • Group
  • GSSAPI
  • Gzip, Gzip

    • h

  • Hard links
  • HEAD, as reserved tag name
  • HEAD, special tag
  • Header keyword
  • history (subcommand)
  • History browsing
  • History file
  • History files
  • History of CVS
  • HOME, environment variable
  • HOMEDRIVE, environment variable
  • HOMEPATH, environment variable

    • i

  • Id keyword
  • Ident (shell command)
  • Identifying a branch
  • Identifying files
  • Ignored files
  • Ignoring files
  • import (subcommand)
  • Importing files
  • Importing files, from other version control systems
  • Importing modules
  • Index
  • Info files (syntax)
  • Informing others
  • init (subcommand)
  • Installed images (VMS)
  • Internal variables
  • Introduction to CVS
  • Invoking CVS
  • Isolation

    • j

  • Join

    • k

  • Keeping a checked out copy
  • Kerberos, using :gserver:
  • Kerberos, using :kserver:
  • Kerberos, using kerberized rsh
  • Keyword expansion
  • Keyword List
  • Keyword substitution
  • Keyword substitution, and merging
  • Keyword substitution, changing modes
  • Kflag
  • kinit
  • Known bugs in this manual or CVS

    • l

  • Layout of repository
  • Left-hand options
  • Linear development
  • Link, symbolic, importing
  • List, mailing list
  • Locally Added
  • Locally Modified
  • Locally Removed
  • LockDir, in CVSROOT/config
  • Locker keyword
  • Locking files
  • Locks, cvs, and backups
  • Locks, cvs, introduction
  • Locks, cvs, technical details
  • log (subcommand)
  • Log information, saving
  • Log keyword
  • Log message entry
  • Log message template
  • Log message, correcting
  • Log message, verifying
  • Log messages
  • Log messages, editing
  • Login (subcommand)
  • loginfo (admin file)
  • Logout (subcommand)

    • m

  • Mail, automatic mail on commit
  • Mailing list
  • Mailing log messages
  • Main trunk and branches
  • make
  • Many repositories
  • Markers, conflict
  • Merge, an example
  • Merge, branch example
  • Merging
  • Merging a branch
  • Merging a file
  • Merging two revisions
  • Merging, and keyword substitution
  • mkmodules
  • Modifications, copying between branches
  • Module status
  • Module, defining
  • Modules (admin file)
  • Modules file
  • Modules file program options
  • Modules file, changing
  • modules.db
  • modules.dir
  • modules.pag
  • Motivation for branches
  • Moving a repository
  • Moving directories
  • Moving files
  • Moving tags
  • Multiple developers
  • Multiple repositories

    • n

  • Name keyword
  • Name, symbolic (tag)
  • Needs Checkout
  • Needs Merge
  • Needs Patch
  • Newsgroups
  • notify (admin file)
  • Notify file, in CVS directory
  • Notify.tmp file, in CVS directory
  • Number, branch, Number, branch
  • Number, revision-

    • o

  • Option defaults
  • Options, global
  • Options, in modules file
  • Outdating revisions
  • Overlap
  • Overriding CVSREAD
  • Overriding CVSROOT
  • Overriding EDITOR
  • Overriding RCSBIN
  • Overriding TMPDIR
  • Overview
  • Ownership, saving in CVS

    • p

  • Parallel repositories
  • passwd (admin file)
  • Password client, using
  • Password server, setting up
  • PATH, environment variable
  • Per-directory sticky tags/dates
  • Per-module editor
  • Permissions, general
  • Permissions, saving in CVS
  • Permissions, Windows-specific
  • Policy
  • Precommit checking
  • PreservePermissions, in CVSROOT/config
  • pserver (subcommand)
  • PVCS, importing files from

    • r

  • RCS history files
  • RCS revision numbers
  • RCS, importing files from
  • RCS-style locking
  • RCSBIN, in CVSROOT/config
  • RCSBIN, internal variable
  • RCSBIN, overriding
  • RCSfile keyword
  • rcsinfo (admin file)
  • rdiff (subcommand)
  • Read-only files, and -r
  • Read-only files, and CVSREAD
  • Read-only files, and watches
  • Read-only files, in repository
  • Read-only mode
  • Read-only repository access
  • readers (admin file)
  • Recursive (directory descending)
  • Reference manual (files)
  • Reference manual for variables
  • Reference, commands
  • Regular expression syntax
  • Regular modules
  • release (subcommand)
  • Releases, revisions and versions
  • Releasing your working copy
  • Remote repositories
  • Remove (subcommand)
  • Removing a change
  • Removing directories
  • Removing files
  • Removing tags
  • Removing your working copy
  • Renaming directories
  • Renaming files
  • Renaming tags
  • Replacing a log message
  • Reporting bugs
  • Repositories, multiple
  • Repositories, remote
  • Repository (intro)
  • Repository file, in CVS directory
  • Repository, backing up
  • Repository, example
  • Repository, how data is stored
  • Repository, moving
  • Repository, setting up
  • Reserved checkouts
  • Resetting sticky tags
  • Resolving a conflict
  • Restoring old version of removed file
  • Resurrecting old version of dead file
  • Retrieve a branch
  • Retrieving an old revision using tags
  • Reverting to repository version
  • Revision keyword
  • Revision management
  • Revision numbers
  • Revision numbers (branches)
  • Revision tree
  • Revision tree, making branches
  • Revisions, merging differences between
  • Revisions, versions and releases
  • Right-hand options
  • Root file, in CVS directory
  • rsh
  • rsh replacements (Kerberized, SSH, &c)
  • rtag (subcommand)
  • rtag, creating a branch using

    • s

  • Saving space
  • SCCS, importing files from
  • Security, file permissions in repository
  • Security, GSSAPI
  • Security, kerberos
  • Security, of pserver
  • Security, setuid
  • Server, CVS
  • Server, temporary directories
  • Setgid
  • Setting up a repository
  • Setuid
  • Signum Support
  • Source keyword
  • Source, getting CVS source
  • Source, getting from CVS
  • Special files
  • Specifying dates
  • Spreading information
  • SSH (rsh replacement)
  • Starting a project with CVS
  • State keyword
  • Status of a file
  • Status of a module
  • Sticky date
  • Sticky tags
  • Sticky tags, resetting
  • Sticky tags/dates, per-directory
  • Storing log messages
  • Stream authentication
  • Structure
  • Subdirectories
  • Support, getting CVS support
  • Symbolic link, importing
  • Symbolic links
  • Symbolic name (tag)
  • Syntax of info files
  • SystemAuth, in CVSROOT/config

    • t

  • tag (subcommand)
  • Tag file, in CVS directory
  • Tag program
  • tag, command, introduction
  • tag, creating a branch using
  • Tag, example
  • Tag, retrieving old revisions
  • Tag, symbolic name
  • taginfo
  • Tags
  • Tags, deleting
  • Tags, moving
  • Tags, renaming
  • Tags, sticky
  • tc, Trivial Compiler (example)
  • Team of developers
  • TEMP, environment variable
  • Template file, in CVS directory
  • Template for log message
  • Temporary directories, and server
  • Temporary files, location of
  • Third-party sources
  • Time
  • Timezone, in input
  • Timezone, in output
  • TMP, environment variable
  • TMPDIR, environment variable
  • TMPDIR, overriding
  • TopLevelAdmin, in CVSROOT/config
  • Trace
  • Traceability
  • Tracking sources
  • Transactions, atomic, lack of
  • Trivial Compiler (example)
  • Typical repository

    • u

  • Umask, for repository files
  • Undoing a change
  • unedit (subcommand)
  • Unknown
  • Unreserved checkouts
  • Up-to-date
  • update (subcommand)
  • Update program
  • Update, introduction
  • update, to display file status
  • Update.prog file, in CVS directory
  • Updating a file
  • User aliases
  • User variables
  • USER, internal variable
  • users (admin file)

    • v

  • Variables
  • Vendor
  • Vendor branch
  • verifymsg (admin file)
  • Versions, of CVS
  • Versions, revisions and releases
  • Viewing differences
  • VISUAL, environment variable
  • VISUAL, internal variable

    • w

  • watch add (subcommand)
  • watch off (subcommand)
  • watch on (subcommand)
  • watch remove (subcommand)
  • watchers (subcommand)
  • Watches
  • wdiff (import example)
  • Web pages, maintaining with CVS
  • What (shell command)
  • What branches are good for
  • What is CVS not?
  • What is CVS?
  • When to commit
  • Windows, and permissions
  • Work-session, example of
  • Working copy
  • Working copy, removing
  • Wrappers
  • writers (admin file)

    • z

  • Zone, time, in input
  • Zone, time, in output

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