CVS "Cheat Sheet"


Note: these CVS commands will process all of your files recursively, starting
from your current location, unless you specify a filename immediately following
the command.
 
Desire
 Command
Bring my sandbox up-to-date
 cvs update
Commit changes to file
 cvs commit -m "reason you are checking this file in"
Put a new file or directory under version control
( files must be committed, directories do not need to be ) 		cvs add filename
Remove a file from CVS
( it is not neccessary to remove directories ) 		cvs rm -f filename
Pull code from a certain date
 cvs update -D '01/25/2002 12:00 PDT'
Pull code from certain branch/tag/revision
 cvs update -r tagname
Pull code the trunk, resetting "sticky" tags
( needed after you use "cvs update -D" or "cvs update -r") 		cvs update -A
What branch/tag/date/revision are my files stuck to?
 cvs status
Who committed checkins on this file and why?
( a.k.a "who broke the build" ) 		cvs log -Nb filename
What tags/branches have been attached to this file? cvs log filename
"Roll back" file to specified revision/tag/branch
 cvs update -pr tagname filename > filename
"Roll back" file to specified date
 cvs update -pD '01/25/2002 12:00 PDT' filename > filename
Rename file with Unix/CVS
 mv oldfile newfile
cvs add newfile
cvs rm oldfile
cvs commit -m "renamed oldfile to newfile" newfile oldfile
What are the differences between the repository's version
and my version of a file? 		cvs diff filename
Bring my sandbox up-to-date, discarding my uncommitted changes cvs update -C

Note: you can specify "cvs command --help" for a full list of options that each CVS command takes,
where command is the CVS command you are interested in, e.g. "cvs log --help", "cvs status --help", "cvs update --help", etc.
 
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Complete list of CVS commands:
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        add          Add a new file/directory to the repository
        admin        Administration front end for rcs
        annotate     Show last revision where each line was modified
        checkout     Checkout sources for editing
        commit       Check files into the repository
        diff         Show differences between revisions
        edit         Get ready to edit a watched file
        editors      See who is editing a watched file
        export       Export sources from CVS, similar to checkout
        history      Show repository access history
        import       Import sources into CVS, using vendor branches
        init         Create a CVS repository if it doesn't exist
        log          Print out history information for files
        login        Prompt for password for authenticating server
        logout       Removes entry in .cvspass for remote repository
        pserver      Password server mode
        rdiff        Create 'patch' format diffs between releases
        release      Indicate that a Module is no longer in use
        remove       Remove an entry from the repository
        rtag         Add a symbolic tag to a module
        server       Server mode
        status       Display status information on checked out files
        tag          Add a symbolic tag to checked out version of files
        unedit       Undo an edit command
        update       Bring work tree in sync with repository
        watch        Set watches
        watchers     See who is watching a file
Tips and tricks

Desire
 Command
change username in sandbox
 
find * -regex .*CVS/Root -print0 | xargs -0 perl -p -i.orig -e "s/old/new/;"