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init
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Synopsis: init NEW_REPOSITORY

   * Alternate names - None

   * Requires - Location for new repository

   * Creates - Repository

Creates a new repository (that is, a root repository in which many
different projects are stored).  You will almost always want to use the
global -d option with this, as in

     floss$ cvs -d /usr/local/yet_another_repository init

because even if you have a CVSROOT environment variable set, it's
probably pointing to an existing repository, which would be useless and
possibly dangerous in the context of this command. (See Note:
Repository Administration for additional steps that you should take
after initializing a new repository.)

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