(cvs.info)CVS commands


Guide to CVS commands
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   This appendix describes the overall structure of CVS commands, and
describes some commands in detail (others are described elsewhere; for
a quick reference to CVS commands, Note: Invoking CVS).

Structure: Overall structure of CVS commands
Exit status: Indicating CVS's success or failure
~/.cvsrc: Default options with the ~/.csvrc file
Global options: Options you give to the left of cvs_command
Common options: Options you give to the right of cvs_command
admin: Administration
checkout: Checkout sources for editing
commit: Check files into the repository
diff: Show differences between revisions
export: Export sources from CVS, similar to checkout
history: Show status of files and users
import: Import sources into CVS, using vendor branches
log: Show log messages for files
rdiff: 'patch' format diffs between releases
release: Indicate that a directory is no longer in use
update: Bring work tree in sync with repository

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