—A—

add a new file to a directory, follow these steps.

• You must have a working copy of the directory. See section Getting the source.
• Create the new file inside your working copy of the directory.
• Use `cvs add filename' to tell CVS that you want to version control the file. If the file contains binary data, specify `-kb' (see section Handling binary files).
• Use `cvs commit filename' to actually check in the file into the repository. Other developers cannot see the file until you perform this step.

You can also use the add command to add a new directory.

Unlike most other commands, the add command is not recursive. You have to expcicitly name files and directories that you wish to add to the repository. However, each directory will need to be added separately before you will be able to add new files to those directories.

$ mkdir -p foo/bar

$ cp ~/myfile foo/bar/myfile

$ cvs add foo foo/bar

$ cvs add foo/bar/myfile

—B—

—C—

changes, see before you check in – cvs diff filename

compare 2 files – cvs diff -r1.1 -r1.2 fileName | less

—D—

difference between files – cvs diff -r1.1 -r1.2 fileName | less

—E—

edited, which files are being edited in CVS – cvs editors or ee

—F—

files being edited in CVS, which – cvs editors or ee

—G—

—H—

history – cvs log asEditProject | less – this will lock everyone else out until you type ‘q’ to quit

—I—

—J—

—K—

—L—

—M—

—N—

—O—

old file, difference between old file and new – see difference between files

—P—

—Q—

—R—

remove a file, but remain able to retrieve old revisions:

• Make sure that you have not made any uncommitted modifications to the file. See section Viewing differences, for one way to do that. You can also use the status or update command. If you remove the file without committing your changes, you will of course not be able to retrieve the file as it was immediately before you deleted it.
• Remove the file from your working copy of the directory. You can for instance use rm.
• Use `cvs remove filename' to tell CVS that you really want to delete the file.
• Use `cvs commit filename' to actually perform the removal of the file from the repository.

revert to a previous version, just undo current uncommitted changes – cvs unedit

revert to a previous version (checking out, leaving CVS repository unchanged) - cvs update -p -r VERSION FILENAME > FILE

so, for example, cvs update -p -r 1.280 frProjects > frProjects1-280

revert to a previous version (actually changing the CVS repository back to a previous version)

Might want to look at your changes first

joe@davinci~/httpd/cgi-bin/ws: cvs diff -r 1.81 -r 1.80 salesRepProjects | less

Then, if OK, make a patch

joe@davinci~/httpd/cgi-bin/ws: cvs diff -r 1.81 -r 1.80 salesRepProjects | patch

patching file salesRepProjects

Do a CVS update

joe@davinci~/httpd/cgi-bin/ws: upd

M salesRepProjects

Might want to look at your changes one last time

joe@davinci~/httpd/cgi-bin/ws: cvs diff salesRepProjects | less

Then, commit

joe@davinci~/httpd/cgi-bin/ws: cvs commit -m 'Undo last change' salesRepProjects

/usr/local/cvsroot/httpd/cgi-bin/ws/salesRepProjects,v <-- salesRepProjects

new revision: 1.82; previous revision: 1.81

—S—

—T—

—U—

undoing changes (revert to a previous version) - cvs update -p -r VERSION FILENAME > FILE

so, for example, cvs update -p -r 1.280 frProjects > frProjects1-280

—V—

version – cvs status filename

—W—

which files are being edited in CVS – cvs editors or ee

—X—

—Y—

—Z—

—No's—