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Essential CVS

Preface Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: What Is CVS? Chapter 2: CVS Quickstart Guide Part II: Using CVS Chapter 3: Basic Use of CVS Chapter 4: Tagging and Branching Chapter 5: Multiple Users Part III: CVS Administration Chapter 6: Repository Management Chapter 7: Project Management Chapter 8: Remote Repositories Chapter 9: Troubleshooting Part IV: Reference Chapter 10: Command Reference Chapter 11: Miscellaneous Topics Reference Part V: Appendixes Appendix A: Clients and Operating Systems Appendix B: Administrator's Tools CVS Quick Reference Colophon

This part of the book explains the basic concepts of CVS and includes a quickstart guide that you can use if you're new to CVS and need to get CVS installed, configured, and operational in a hurry. Part I includes the following chapters:

Chapter 1

This chapter is an overview CVS, versioning systems, and the practical uses of CVS.

Chapter 2

If you need to get up to speed rapidly, this is the chapter for you. It explains how to build and use a basic CVS repository with default settings and a minimum of extras.