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-j (merging branches): Merging a branch
-k (keyword substitution): Substitution modes
.# files: update output
.bashrc, setting CVSROOT in: Specifying a repository
.cshrc, setting CVSROOT in: Specifying a repository
.cvsrc file: ~/
cvsrc.
.profile, setting CVSROOT in: Specifying a repository
.tcshrc, setting CVSROOT in: Specifying a repository
/usr/local/cvsroot, as example repository: Repository
: ext:: Connecting via rsh
: kserver:: Kerberos authenticated
: local:: Repository
: pserver:: Password authentication client
: server:: Connecting via rsh
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__ files (VMS): update output
A sample session: A sample session
abandoning work: Editing files
About this manual: Preface
add (subcommand): Adding files
Adding a tag: Tags
Adding files: Adding files
Admin (subcommand): admin
Administrative files (intro): Intro administrative files
Administrative files (reference): Administrative files
Administrative files, editing them: Intro administrative files
ALL in commitinfo: commitinfo
annotate (subcommand): annotate
Atomic transactions, lack of: Concurrency
attic: Attic
authenticated client, using: Password authentication client
authenticating server, setting up: Password authentication server
Author keyword: Keyword list
Automatically ignored files: cvsignore
Avoiding editor invocation: Common options
Backing up, repository: Backing up
Base directory, in CVS directory: Working directory storage
bill of materials: Builds
Binary files: Binary files
Branch merge example: Merging a branch
Branch number: Revision numbers
Branch numbers: Creating a branch
Branch, creating a: Creating a branch
Branch, vendor-: Tracking sources
Branches: Revisions and branches
Branches motivation: Branches motivation
Branches, copying changes between: Merging
Branches, sticky: Sticky tags
Bringing a file up to date: Updating a file
Bugs in this manual or CVS: BUGS
Bugs, reporting: BUGS
builds: Builds
Changes, copying between branches: Merging
Changing a log message: admin options
checked out copy, keeping: Keeping a checked out copy
Checkin program: modules
Checkin.prog file, in CVS directory: Working directory storage
Checking commits: commitinfo
Checking out source: Getting the source
Checkout (subcommand): checkout
Checkout program: modules
checkout, as term for getting ready to edit: Editing files
Checkout, example: Getting the source
choosing, reserved or unreserved checkouts: Choosing a model
Cleaning up: Cleaning up
Client/Server Operation: Remote repositories
Co (subcommand): checkout
Command reference: Invoking CVS
Command structure: Structure
Comment leader: admin examples
Commit (subcommand): commit
Commit files: commit files
Commit, when to: When to commit
Commitinfo: commitinfo
Committing changes: Committing your changes
Common options: Common options
Common syntax of info files: syntax
compatibility, between CVS versions: Compatibility
COMSPEC: Environment variables
Conflict markers: Conflicts example
Conflict resolution: Conflicts example
Conflicts (merge example): Conflicts example
Contributors (CVS program): What is CVS?
Contributors (manual): Credits
copying a repository: Moving a repository
Copying changes: Merging
Correcting a log message: admin options
Creating a branch: Creating a branch
Creating a project: Starting a new project
Creating a repository: Creating a repository
Credits (CVS program): What is CVS?
Credits (manual): Credits
CVS 1.6, and watches: Watches Compatibility
CVS command structure: Structure
CVS passwd file: Password authentication server
CVS, history of: What is CVS?
CVS, introduction to: What is CVS?
CVS, versions of: Compatibility
CVS/Base directory: Working directory storage
CVS/Checkin.prog file: Working directory storage
CVS/Entries file: Working directory storage
CVS/Entries.Backup file: Working directory storage
CVS/Entries.Log file: Working directory storage
CVS/Entries.Static file: Working directory storage
CVS/Notify file: Working directory storage
CVS/Notify.tmp file: Working directory storage
CVS/Repository file: Working directory storage
CVS/Root file: Specifying a repository
CVS/Tag file: Working directory storage
CVS/Template file: Working directory storage
CVS/Update.prog file: Working directory storage
CVS_CLIENT_LOG: Environment variables
CVS_CLIENT_PORT: Kerberos authenticated
CVS_IGNORE_REMOTE_ROOT: Environment variables
CVS_PASSFILE, environment variable: Password authentication client
CVS_RCMD_PORT: Environment variables
CVS_RSH: Environment variables
CVS_SERVER: Connecting via rsh
CVS_SERVER_SLEEP: Environment variables
CVSEDITOR: Environment variables
CVSEDITOR, environment variable: Committing your changes
CVSIGNORE: Environment variables
cvsignore (admin file), global: cvsignore
CVSREAD: Environment variables
CVSREAD, overriding: Global options
cvsroot: Repository
CVSROOT: Environment variables
CVSROOT (file): Administrative files
CVSROOT, environment variable: Specifying a repository
CVSROOT, module name: Intro administrative files
CVSROOT, multiple repositories: Multiple repositories
CVSROOT, overriding: Global options
CVSUMASK: File permissions
CVSWRAPPERS: Environment variables
cvswrappers (admin file): Wrappers
CVSWRAPPERS, environment variable: Wrappers
Cyclic Software: BUGS
Date keyword: Keyword list
Dates: Common options
dead state: Attic
Decimal revision number: Revision numbers
DEFAULT in commitinfo: commitinfo
DEFAULT in editinfo: editinfo
DEFAULT in verifymsg: verifymsg
Defining a module: Defining the module
Defining modules (intro): Intro administrative files
Defining modules (reference manual): modules
Deleting files: Removing files
Deleting revisions: admin options
Deleting sticky tags: Sticky tags
Descending directories: Recursive behavior
Diff: Viewing differences
Diff (subcommand): diff
Differences, merging: Merging two revisions
Directories, moving: Moving directories
directories, removing: Removing directories
Directory, descending: Recursive behavior
Disjoint repositories: Multiple repositories
Distributing log messages: loginfo
driver.c (merge example): Conflicts example
edit (subcommand): Editing files
editinfo (admin file): editinfo
Editing administrative files: Intro administrative files
Editing the modules file: Defining the module
EDITOR: Environment variables
Editor, avoiding invocation of: Common options
EDITOR, environment variable: Committing your changes
EDITOR, overriding: Global options
Editor, specifying per module: editinfo
editors (subcommand): Watch information
emerge: Conflicts example
Entries file, in CVS directory: Working directory storage
Entries.Backup file, in CVS directory: Working directory storage
Entries.Log file, in CVS directory: Working directory storage
Entries.Static file, in CVS directory: Working directory storage
Environment variables: Environment variables
Errors, reporting: BUGS
Example of a work-session: A sample session
Example of merge: Conflicts example
Example, branch merge: Merging a branch
exit status, of commitinfo: commitinfo
exit status, of CVS: Exit status
exit status, of editor: Error messages
exit status, of taginfo: user-defined logging
exit status, of verifymsg: verifymsg
Export (subcommand): export
Export program: modules
Fetching source: Getting the source
File had conflicts on merge: File status
File locking: Multiple developers
File permissions: File permissions
File status: File status
Files, moving: Moving files
Files, reference manual: Administrative files
Fixing a log message: admin options
Forcing a tag match: Common options
Form for log message: rcsinfo
Format of CVS commands: Structure
Getting started: A sample session
Getting the source: Getting the source
Global cvsignore: cvsignore
Global options: Global options
Group: File permissions
Header keyword: Keyword list
History (subcommand): history
History browsing: History browsing
History file: history file
History files: Repository files
History of CVS: What is CVS?
HOME: Environment variables
HOMEPATH: Environment variables
Id keyword: Keyword list
Ident (shell command): Using keywords
Identifying files: Keyword substitution
Ignored files: cvsignore
Ignoring files: cvsignore
Import (subcommand): import
Importing files: From files
Importing files, from other version control systems: From other version control systems
Importing modules: First import
Index: Index
Info files (syntax): syntax
Informing others: Informing others
init (subcommand): Creating a repository
Introduction to CVS: What is CVS?
Invoking CVS: Invoking CVS
Isolation: History browsing
Join: Merging a branch
keeping a checked out copy: Keeping a checked out copy
kerberos: Kerberos authenticated
Keyword expansion: Keyword substitution
Keyword substitution: Keyword substitution
Kflag: Substitution modes
kinit: Kerberos authenticated
Known bugs in this manual or CVS: BUGS
Layout of repository: Repository
Left-hand options: Global options
Linear development: Revision numbers
link, symbolic, importing: import output
List, mailing list: What is CVS?
Locally Added: File status
Locally Modified: File status
Locally Removed: File status
Locker keyword: Keyword list
Locking files: Multiple developers
locks, cvs: Concurrency
Log (subcommand): log
Log information, saving: history file
Log keyword: Keyword list
Log keyword, selecting comment leader: admin examples
Log message entry: Committing your changes
Log message template: rcsinfo
Log message, correcting: admin options
log message, verifying: verifymsg
Log messages: loginfo
Log messages, editing: editinfo
Login (subcommand): Password authentication client
loginfo (admin file): loginfo
LOGNAME: Environment variables
Logout (subcommand): Password authentication client
Mail, automatic mail on commit: Informing others
Mailing list: What is CVS?
Mailing log messages: loginfo
Main trunk and branches: Revisions and branches
make: Builds
Many repositories: Multiple repositories
Markers, conflict: Conflicts example
Merge, an example: Conflicts example
Merge, branch example: Merging a branch
Merging: Merging
Merging a branch: Merging a branch
Merging a file: Updating a file
Merging two revisions: Merging two revisions
mkmodules: Error messages
Modifications, copying between branches: Merging
Module status: modules
Module, defining: Defining the module
Modules (admin file): modules
Modules file: Intro administrative files
Modules file, changing: Defining the module
Motivation for branches: Branches motivation
moving a repository: Moving a repository
Moving directories: Moving directories
Moving files: Moving files
moving tags: tag options
Multiple developers: Multiple developers
Multiple repositories: Multiple repositories
Name keyword: Keyword list
Name, symbolic (tag): Tags
Needs Checkout: File status
Needs Merge: File status
Needs Patch: File status
Newsgroups: What is CVS?
notify (admin file): Getting Notified
Notify file, in CVS directory: Working directory storage
Notify.tmp file, in CVS directory: Working directory storage
Nroff (selecting comment leader): admin examples
Number, branch: Revision numbers
Number, revision-: Revision numbers
option defaults: ~/
cvsrc.
Options, global: Global options
Outdating revisions: admin options
Overlap: Updating a file
Overriding CVSREAD: Global options
Overriding CVSROOT: Global options
Overriding EDITOR: Global options
Overriding RCSBIN: Global options
Overriding TMPDIR: Global options
Parallel repositories: Multiple repositories
passwd (admin file): Password authentication server
password client, using: Password authentication client
password server, setting up: Password authentication server
PATH: Environment variables
Per-directory sticky tags/dates: Working directory storage
Per-module editor: editinfo
Policy: When to commit
Precommit checking: commitinfo
Preface: Preface
Pserver (subcommand): Password authentication server
RCS history files: Repository files
RCS keywords: Keyword list
RCS revision numbers: Tags
RCS, importing files from: From other version control systems
RCS-style locking: Multiple developers
RCSBIN: Environment variables
RCSBIN, overriding: Global options
RCSfile keyword: Keyword list
rcsinfo (admin file): rcsinfo
RCSINIT: Environment variables
Rdiff (subcommand): rdiff
read-only files, and -r: Global options
read-only files, and CVSREAD: Environment variables
read-only files, and watches: Setting a watch
read-only files, in repository: File permissions
Read-only mode: Global options
read-only repository access: Read-only access
readers (admin file): Read-only access
Recursive (directory descending): Recursive behavior
Reference manual (files): Administrative files
Reference manual for variables: Environment variables
Reference, commands: Invoking CVS
regular expression syntax: syntax
Release (subcommand): release
Releases, revisions and versions: Versions revisions releases
Releasing your working copy: Cleaning up
Remote repositories: Remote repositories
Remove (subcommand): Removing files
Removing a change: Merging two revisions
removing directories: Removing directories
Removing files: Removing files
Removing your working copy: Cleaning up
Renaming directories: Moving directories
Renaming files: Moving files
renaming tags: tag options
Replacing a log message: admin options
Reporting bugs: BUGS
Repositories, multiple: Multiple repositories
Repositories, remote: Remote repositories
Repository (intro): Repository
Repository file, in CVS directory: Working directory storage
Repository, backing up: Backing up
Repository, example: Repository
Repository, how data is stored: Repository storage
repository, moving: Moving a repository
Repository, setting up: Creating a repository
reserved checkouts: Multiple developers
Resetting sticky tags: Sticky tags
Resolving a conflict: Conflicts example
Restoring old version of removed file: Sticky tags
Resurrecting old version of dead file: Sticky tags
Retrieving an old revision using tags: Tags
reverting to repository version: Editing files
Revision keyword: Keyword list
Revision management: Revision management
Revision numbers: Revision numbers
Revision tree: Revision numbers
Revision tree, making branches: Revisions and branches
Revisions, merging differences between: Merging two revisions
Revisions, versions and releases: Versions revisions releases
Right-hand options: Common options
Root file, in CVS directory: Specifying a repository
rsh: Connecting via rsh
Rtag (subcommand): rtag
rtag, creating a branch using: Creating a branch
Saving space: admin options
SCCS, importing files from: From other version control systems
Security: File permissions
server, CVS: Remote repositories
server, temporary directories: Server temporary directory
setgid: File permissions
Setting up a repository: Creating a repository
setuid: File permissions
Signum Support: BUGS
Source keyword: Keyword list
Source, getting CVS source: What is CVS?
Source, getting from CVS: Getting the source
Specifying dates: Common options
Spreading information: Informing others
Starting a project with CVS: Starting a new project
State keyword: Keyword list
Status of a file: File status
Status of a module: modules
sticky date: Sticky tags
Sticky tags: Sticky tags
Sticky tags, resetting: Sticky tags
Sticky tags/dates, per-directory: Working directory storage
Storing log messages: loginfo
Structure: Structure
Subdirectories: Recursive behavior
Support, getting CVS support: BUGS
symbolic link, importing: import output
Symbolic name (tag): Tags
Syntax of info files: syntax
Tag (subcommand): tag
Tag file, in CVS directory: Working directory storage
Tag program: modules
tag, command, introduction: Tags
tag, example: Tags
Tag, retrieving old revisions: Tags
Tag, symbolic name: Tags
taginfo: user-defined logging
Tags: Tags
tags, renaming: tag options
Tags, sticky: Sticky tags
tc, Trivial Compiler (example): A sample session
Team of developers: Multiple developers
TEMP: Environment variables
Template file, in CVS directory: Working directory storage
Template for log message: rcsinfo
temporary directories, and server: Server temporary directory
temporary files, location of: Environment variables
Third-party sources: Tracking sources
Time: Common options
timezone, in input: Common options
timezone, in output: log
TMP: Environment variables
TMPDIR: Environment variables
TMPDIR, overriding: Global options
Trace: Global options
Traceability: History browsing
Tracking sources: Tracking sources
Transactions, atomic, lack of: Concurrency
Trivial Compiler (example): A sample session
Typical repository: Repository
umask, for repository files: File permissions
Undoing a change: Merging two revisions
unedit (subcommand): Editing files
Unknown: File status
unreserved checkouts: Multiple developers
Up-to-date: File status
Update (subcommand): update
Update program: modules
update, introduction: Updating a file
update, to display file status: File status
Update.prog file, in CVS directory: Working directory storage
Updating a file: Updating a file
USER: Environment variables
user aliases: Password authentication server
users (admin file): Getting Notified
Vendor: Tracking sources
Vendor branch: Tracking sources
verifymsg (admin file): verifymsg
versions, of CVS: Compatibility
Versions, revisions and releases: Versions revisions releases
Viewing differences: Viewing differences
watch add (subcommand): Getting Notified
watch off (subcommand): Setting a watch
watch on (subcommand): Setting a watch
watch remove (subcommand): Getting Notified
watchers (subcommand): Watch information
Watches: Watches
Wdiff (import example): First import
web pages, maintaining with CVS: Keeping a checked out copy
What (shell command): Using keywords
What branches are good for: Branches motivation
What is CVS?: What is CVS?
When to commit: When to commit
Work-session, example of: A sample session
Working copy: Multiple developers
Working copy, removing: Cleaning up
Wrappers: Wrappers
writers (admin file): Read-only access
zone, time, in input: Common options
zone, time, in output: log