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The checkoutlist file
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   It may be helpful to use CVS to maintain your own files in the
`CVSROOT' directory.  For example, suppose that you have a script
`logcommit.pl' which you run by including the following line in the
`commitinfo' administrative file:

     ALL   $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/logcommit.pl

   To maintain `logcommit.pl' with CVS you would add the following line
to the `checkoutlist' administrative file:

     logcommit.pl

   The format of `checkoutlist' is one line for each file that you want
to maintain using CVS, giving the name of the file.

   After setting up `checkoutlist' in this fashion, the files listed
there will function just like CVS's built-in administrative files.  For
example, when checking in one of the files you should get a message
such as:

     cvs commit: Rebuilding administrative file database

   and the checked out copy in the `CVSROOT' directory should be
updated.

   Note that listing `passwd' (Note: Password authentication server)
in `checkoutlist' is not recommended for security reasons.

   For information about keeping a checkout out copy in a more general
context than the one provided by `checkoutlist', see Note: Keeping a
checked out copy.