CVS Commands

Prepare a directories

# mkdir repo

# cd repo

# mkdir TKS

Change directories permission

# chmod g+srwx /repo/TKS

or

# chmod 2777 /repo/TKS

Change group permissions

# groupaddc cvsgrp /repo/TKS

# chgrp cvsgrp /repo/TKS

Initialize a repository

# cvs -d /repo/TKS init

Import existing project, go to existing project directory first

# cd ~/Platform

# cvs -d /repo/TKS/ import -m "Baseline" ProjectPlatform INITIAL start

Treat certain file (std.lib) as binary

# cvs -d /repo/TKS/ admin -kb std.lib

Tag when release a version

# cvs -d /repo/TKS/ tag RELEASE_V02_20100201

Tag delete

# cvs -d /repo/TKS/ tag -d RELEASE_V02_20100201

Configure CVSROOT env variable in bash shell (so that "-d /repo/TKS" can be omit)

# vi ~/.bashrc

CVSROOT=/repo/TKS; export CVSROOT

Checkout (go to check out directory first)

$ cd ~/Project

$ cvs -d /repo/TKS co ProjectPlatform

Checkout particular subdirectory (go to check out directory first)

$ cd ~/Project/src

$ cvs checkout ProjectPlatform/src

Different

$ cvs -d /repo/TKS/ diff

Update (“-P” to prune empty directory, “-d” to include new directory that non-exist in local workspace)

$ cvs -d /repo/TKS/ update –P -d

Update (filter off other, only display other than "cvs update")

$ cvs -d /repo/TKS/ update –P -d | grep -v "cvs update"

Commit

$ cvs -d /repo/TKS/ commit –m "bug fixed for wrong upper limit"

Add file/directory (First, create file or directory, edit it)

$ cvs -d /repo/TKS/ add /usr/src/new/

$ cvs -d /repo/TKS/ add /usr/src/new/new.c

$ cvs -d /repo/TKS/ commit –m "added new.c"

Add file/directory recursively

$ find . -type d -print | grep -v CVS | xargs cvs add

$ find . -type f -print | grep -v CVS | xargs cvs add

Delete file

$ rm –rf old.c

$ cvs -d /repo/TKS/ delete /usr/src/old.c

$ cvs -d /repo/TKS/ commit –m "delete old.c"

Revert local changes

$ cvs -d /repo/TKS/ update -C

Check which tags exist on a file

$ cvs -d /repo/TKS/ status -v

or

$ cvs -d /repo/TKS/ log -h