Marco Colombo

Add the following line in .bashrc

export CVSROOT=~/CVS

Create the directory CVS

cd ~
mkdir CVS

Initialise the CVS repository

cvs init

Move inside the project directory

cd Project
cvs import -m "Initial import." PROJECT user start

Remove the project directory

cd ..
rm -rf Project

Define a module for the new project

cvs checkout CVSROOT/modules
cd CVSROOT

Edit the modules file adding the following line at the end

project PROJECT

Commit this change

cvs commit -m "Added the project module." modules
cd ..
cvs release -d CVSROOT

To add a file

cvs add file

If the file contains binary data, specify -kb

cvs add -kb file

Commit the addition

cvs commit -m "Added file." file

To remove a file

rm file
cvs remove file

Commit the removal

cvs commit -m "Removed file." file

It's possible to add a tag, so to have a symbolic name that references the current state of the repository

cvs tag release-1_0 file

To remove a tag

cvs tag -d release-1_0 file

The file .cvsrc in the home directory can be used to set options to commands. For example, to obtain unified diffs that show which C function the changes are in, add this line

diff -u -p