CVS References / Tutorials

• Full reference: http://www2.cs.washington.edu/uns/doc/cvs/
• Short tutorial: http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs/cvs-tut/cvs_tutorial_toc.html
• The CVS home (plus a FAQ): http://www.cvshome.org/
• Even shorter reference: the Unix "man" pages.
• Above all, ask your teammates who know better when you're not sure what to do.

Connecting to the CVS repository

1. To tell CVS to use ssh to connect to the department machine:
   $ export CVS_RSH=ssh or $ setenv CVS_RSH ssh
   depending on your local shell.

2. To get a copy of a project the first time
   $ cvs -d :ext:your_username@machine_name:/projects/instr/cse481/02au/CVSRepository checkout module_name
   with a proper username, machine name (e.g., tahiti.cs.washington.edu), and a module to perform that operation on. That will create a new directory, module_name.

3. After that, just cd into the module_name directory and use cvs update, cvs commit, etc.