[cvsnt] Importing source code into repository

Bo Berglund bo.berglund at telia.com
Fri Sep 8 17:34:32 BST 2006


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On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 09:33:04 -0400, "Bryan Leber"
<bryan.leber at fischerinternational.com> wrote:

>I have recently set up a test server and installed CVS on it. One thing
>im not sure of is how to exactly get the source code into the
>repository. Right now I just copied and pasted it into the module
>folder, but I read somewhere you aren't to do this. Can anyone tell me
>the commands to import it

You are right that is not how it works. I would *really* advice that
you read up on the bare basics of CVS before you start using it. THe
CVS repository does not even hold regular files, it is a database of
sorts and all files are so called RCS files which each hold the
complete revision history of the file that you put under source
control.
Not a single user should *ever* access the CVS repository directly,
you should *always* go via cvs commands.

Reading:
http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html  (got me started)
http://ikon.as/wincvs-howto/  (about WinCvs usage with CVS)

HTH

/Bo
(Bo Berglund, developer in Sweden)


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