Objectives

After completing this tutorial, you will be able to:
  1. Setup CVS
  2. Be able to put a project under CVS
  3. Be able to use CVS.
  4. Understand how and why branching is useful.

Before starting this tutorial, you should:

  1. Know how to create directories and copy files.
  2. Have an account on the Cobra Cluster, or another machine with CVS installed.
  3. If using the Cobra Cluster, Add /class/bfennema/bin to your command path.
    [For csh/tcsh: set path=(/class/bfennema/bin $path)]
    [For sh/bash/ksh: PATH=/class/bfennema/bin:$PATH;export PATH]
  4. Setup netscape and a window open to a machine on the cobra cluster next to each other.
  5. Since CVS uses RCS, doing the RCS tutorial would probably be helpful