CVS import tutorial

Sometimes, when you try to setup a CVS server you might get the error: cvs [import aborted]: attempt to import the repository In that case is useful to know how to deal with CVSUP To proper import a project to a CVS server you must do the following steps: Let's say project dir is: /home/user/project/files We will first make a directory for cvs: mkdir /home/user/project/cvs Then we setup CVSROOT environment variable: export CVSROOT=/home/user/project/cvs/CVSROOT Then we initialize cvs by creating CVSROOT directory with the following command: cvs init We import the project files cd /home/user/project/files cvs import -m "initial import message" project vendortag versiontag

 

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