CVS (Concurrent Versions System)

What is CVS?

CVS is a version control system. Using it, you can record the history of sources files, and documents.

Getting ready to use CVS

First set the environment variable CVSROOT.

For csh/tcsh: setenv CVSROOT ~/cvsroot
For bash/ksh: CVSROOT=~/cvsroot; export CVSROOT

Add directories to CVS

Directory:

cvs add directory

File:

cvs add file

cvs commit

Check out a project from CVS

Once you have put a project directory into CVS, you can check out the whole directory and continue developing the codes.

cvs co WEM

Check in files into CVS

cvs ci wem.f90

cvs commit

or

cvs commit –m “comments” wem.f90

Update your files

In a software project with multiple developers, you are not the only one working on the codes. Someone may change a file and you only an old version of that file. You can integrate the new version into your version by using:

cvs update file

Check status of files

You can check the status of a file using:

cvs status file

The various status of a file are:

Up-to-date

The file is identical with the latest revision in the repository.

Locally Modified

You have edited the file, and not yet committed your changes.

Needing Patch

Someone else has committed a newer revision to the repository.

Needs Merge

Someone else has committed a newer revision to the repository, and you have also made modifications to the file.

Remove files/directories from CVS

cvs remove file

cvs remove directory