Department of Computer Science CVS Tutorial TABLE OF CONTENTS

Department of Computer Science
CVS Tutorial

TABLE OF CONTENTS
What is CVS? __________________________________________________________ 2
CS Department Settings__________________________________________________ 2
Tutorial Settings________________________________________________________ 2
Environmental Variables_________________________________________________ 3
Initial Repository Setup 5
Repository Checkout ____________________________________________________ 6
Adding Files ___________________________________________________________ 7
Removing Files_________________________________________________________ 8
Renaming Files ________________________________________________________ 8
Additional Sources ______________________________________________________ 9
Graphical Interfaces ____________________________________________________ 9
Evaluation ____________________________________________________________ 9
Rev. 10/25/2004 
What is CVS?

CVS is a version control system. Using it, you can record the history of your source files.
CS Department Settings

The CS department uses the following settings for all CVS accounts. Note that CVS
accounts use your linux account information for login. Repository information is emailed
to your TXSTATE email account upon creation.

cvs servers: athena.cs.txstate.edu, eros.cs.txstate.edu, hercules.cs.txstate.edu,
zeus.cs.txstate.edu
cvs repository: /home/Students/CVSREP/
account name: ...