CVS Notes – last updated 7/2/2005

Checking out a repository:

Using Tortoise CVS:
web site: http://white.stanford.edu/cvs/SetupInstructions.htm

Thoughts: Tortoise CVS has a nice interface but is often flakey. 

Using command-line CVS:
[first, an aside for Window: you can use command-line CVS via
Cygwin. Go to http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/. Install
the CVS module under development.]

Setup: need to set environment variables CVSROOT and CVS_RSH. 

If using bash shell: 
edit .bashrc and add following lines:
export CVS_RSH=ssh
export CVSROOT=sayres@white.stanford.edu:/biac1/wandell/src/CVS

If using tcsh shell:
edit .cshrc and add following lines:
setenv CVSROOT sayres@white.stanford.edu:/biac1/wandell/src/CVS
setenv CVS_RSH ssh

Checkout repository:
cvs checkout [module name]

Update repository or part of repository:
cvs update [dir]

Commit changes:
cvs commit -m “[comments on nature of update]” [dir]