“CVS, the Concurrent Versioning System, manages simultaneous
development of files. It stores files in a central repository, and
allows users to check out working copies of the files and commit
changes back to the repository.“CVS maintains a record of the changes to each file, allowing
the user to revert to a previous version, merge versions, and track
changes. Change-tracking can be surprisingly useful, and is
frequently underutilized.“This article builds on Introduction to CVS and CVS
Administration. Some topics discussed there are used but not
defined in this article…”
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