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Overview
CVS is a tool which allows development teams to safely coordinate and track software source code changes.
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Connection Information
A list of supported CVS clients and configuration information is provided in
Recommended User Software Configuration.
As a reminder, only
Open Source licensed software may be hosted on SourceForge.net provided services, including CVS.
The following configuration settings are used to access a SourceForge.net-hosted CVS repository:
- Hostname: PROJECTNAME.cvs.sourceforge.net (PROJECTNAME is the project's UNIX name)
- Port: 2401 (anonymous :pserver: authentication) or 22 (developer :ext: authentication via SSH)
- Protocol: :pserver: for anonymous CVS, or :ext: for developers (with SSH for external authentication; export CVS_RSH=ssh)
- Repository Path: /cvsroot/PROJECTNAME (PROJECTNAME is the project's UNIX name)
- Username: 'anonymous' for anonymous CVS access or your SourceForge.net username for developer CVS access.
- Password: There is no password for anonymous CVS access (just hit the enter key when prompted for one). You must generate a SSH key for developer authentication.
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CVS Documentation
CVS is a complex tool.
The document you are reading now is meant to be an introduction to CVS as applied to SourceForge.net. Full reference materials exist, with extensive detail on how to use CVS.
We recommend that all users new to CVS read one of the following:
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Using CVS
To quickly begin using CVS:
- Refer to the "A Day With CVS" section of Open Source Development with CVS. It covers most commands in a step-wise manner that is very helpful.
- Read this document.
- If you are a developer, generate and post a SSH key for CVS usage.
- Install and configure an appropriate CVS client for your platform.
- If you are creating a new repository, ask for an import of your existing CVS or RCS repository, or create a module.
- Checkout a working copy of the repository.
http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html#A%20Day%20With%20CVS
???by Karl Fogel and Moshe Bar