CVS for Users

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We offer six CVS course modules, which can be combined to form a one or two-day course depending on requirements. Approximately two hours per modules should be allowed, so three of four modules can be taught per day.

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Course programme

CVS for Users 1

  • An Overview of CVS
  • Basic concepts
  • Accessing a repository
  • Checking out a working copy
  • Making a change
  • Finding out what you (and others) did
  • CVS and implied arguments
  • Committing
  • Revision numbers
  • Detecting and resolving conflicts
  • Finding out who did what (browsing log messages)
  • Examining and reverting changes
  • Other useful CVS commands
  • Adding files
  • CVS and binary files
  • Removing files
  • Removing directories
  • Renaming files and directories
  • Avoiding option fatigue
  • Getting snapshots (dates and tagging)
  • Acceptable date formats
  • Marking a moment in time
  • Finding out more

CVS for Users 2: Branching/Merging/Watches

  • Working with branches
  • Branching basics
  • Merging changes
  • Creating a tag or a branch without a working copy
  • The Dovetail approach - merging in and out of the trunk
  • The Flying Fish approach - a simpler way to do it
  • Branches and keyword expansion - natural enemies
  • Tracking third-party sources (vendor branches)
  • Exporting for public distribution
  • Advanced CVS
  • Log messages and commit emails
  • Changing a log message after a commit
  • Getting rid of a working copy
  • History - a summary of repository activity
  • Annotations - a detailed view of project activity
  • Annotations and branches
  • Using keyword expansion
  • Watches

WinCVS for Users

  • Checking out a working copy
  • Finding out what you (and others) did — update and diff
  • Committing
  • Detecting and resolving conflicts
  • Adding files
  • Adding directories
  • Removing files
  • Removing directories
  • Renaming files and directories
  • Marking a moment in time (tags)
  • Branches

TortoiseCVS for Users

  • Checking out a working copy
  • Finding out what you (and others) did — update and diff
  • Committing
  • Detecting and resolving conflicts
  • Adding files
  • Adding directories
  • Removing files
  • Removing directories
  • Renaming files and directories
  • Marking a moment in time (tags)
  • Branches

CVS Server for Administrators

  • Repository Administration
  • Starting a repository
  • Starting a new project
  • The password-authenticating server
  • Anonymous access
  • Repository structure
  • RCS format
  • What happens when you remove a file
  • The CVSROOT/ administrative directory
  • Commit emails
  • Controlling commits
  • Other CVSROOT/ files
  • Tips and troubleshoooting

CVSNT Server for Administrators

  • Repository Administration
  • Starting a repository
  • Starting a new project
  • The password-authenticating server
  • cvs passwd
  • Anonymous access
  • Repository structure
  • RCS format
  • What happens when you remove a file
  • The CVSROOT/ administrative directory
  • Commit emails
  • Controlling commits
  • Other CVSROOT/ files
  • Tips and troubleshoooting

CVS and Subversion Compared (conversion course)

  • Overview
  • User commands
  • Revision numbering
  • Tagging
  • Branching
  • Watches
  • Repository remote access protocols
  • Repository format
  • Converting to Subversion
  • Converting to CVS

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