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CVS Concepts
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Why use CVS?
CVS Basics
  • • Repository: where CVS keeps files that contain the contents and metadata of the files you're managing
  • • Working Copy: an editable version of a set of files managed by CVS
  • • Trunk: The default set of revisions to the files CVS manages.
  • • Branch: An alternate set of revisions to files. There can be many branches.
  • • Merge: To incorporate a set of revisions into a file or group of files. The revisions can come from the trunk or a branch.
  • • Tag: A symbolic name given to the state of a file at a particular time in its history. You can apply the same tag to many files at once.