Reference manual for CVS commands

This appendix describes how to invoke cvs, and describes in detail those subcommands of cvs which are not fully described elsewhere. To look up a particular subcommand, see Index.

Structure: Overall structure of CVS commands
~/.cvsrc: Default options with the ~/.csvrc file
Global options: Options you give to the left of cvs_command
Common options: Options you give to the right of cvs_command
add: Add a new file/directory to the repository
admin: Administration front end for rcs
checkout: Checkout sources for editing
commit: Check files into the repository
diff: Run diffs between revisions
export: Export sources from CVS, similar to checkout
history: Show status of files and users
import: Import sources into CVS, using vendor branches
log: Print out 'rlog' information for files
rdiff: 'patch' format diffs between releases
release: Indicate that a Module is no longer in use
remove: Remove an entry from the repository
rtag: Add a tag to a module
status: Status info on the revisions
tag: Add a tag to checked out version
update: Bring work tree in sync with repository

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Reference manual for CVS commands

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