The Concurrent Versions System (CVS)

CVS is a system that lets groups of people work simultaneously on groups of files (for instance program sources).

The mini FAQ posted regularly to the CVS mailing list is a good starting point for learning about CVS. The CVS web pages by Pascal.Molli@loria.fr contain a lot of information and useful pointers to related material.

Other references

• Quick CVS introduction and tutorial, in html, postscript or plain text
• CVS Quick Reference
• Version Management with CVS (postscript)
• Parallelizing software development with CVS
• The CVS FAQ (html), or in plain text (local copy).
• Access to the latest version of CVS
• CAR2CVS - a CMZ/PATCHY convertor
  • Postscript paper (100 pages)
  • CHEP94 presentation (postscript)
• Information on using CVS in the RD13 project
• Slides and a paper on RCVS - a remote extension to CVS
• Important information regarding using CVS with AFS

Related information

• The FAQ of comp.software.config-mgmt.