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CVS - Version control system

Version control system and important component of Source Configuration Management (SCM). Lets you record the history of source files and documents. It's similar to the free software RCS, PRCS, and Aegis programs, but has the following significant advantages over RCS:

runs user scripts to log operations or enforce site-specific policies
lets separatedevelopers operate as a team
vendor branches keep versions separate, but also merge them if needed
unreserved checkouts let developers work simultaneously on the same files
flexible modules database maps names to the components of a larger database
runs on most Unix variants; clients for Windows 95/NT, OS/2, and VMS available

Obtaining

Web page	http://www.cvshome.org/
Source tarball	C

Version 1.11.11 (stable) released on 2004-01-09

Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2 or later.

This is not a GNU package.

Documentation

User manual available from http://www.gnu.org/software/cvs/manual/; Printed user manual available from + http://www.network-theory.co.uk/cvs/manual/; User introduction from http://www.cvshome.org/docs/blandy.html; User training manual included; Programmer info pages available; quick reference at http://www.cvshome.org/docs/ref.html; Links to other docs are at http://www.cvshome.org/docs/

Support contacts

Announce List	<cvs-announce@cvshome.org>
Announce News	comp.software.config-mgmt
Help List	<info-cvs@gnu.org>
Help News	fa.info-cvs, gnu.cvs.help
Developer List	<devel-cvs@cvshome.org>
Bug List	<bug-cvs@gnu.org>
Bug Database	http://www.cvshome.org/cyclic/cvs/report.html
Support	Lists of paid consultants available from http://www.cvshome.org/cyclic/cyclic-pages/consult.html

Project contacts

Maintainers	<bug-cvs@gnu.org>
Developers	Ian Taylor Jim Kingdon Noel Cragg
Contributors	Sean Dreilinger

Related information

Interfaces	command line
Source languages	http://www.cvshome.org/servlets/ProjectSource
Related programs	RCS

Entry information

License verified by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2001-01-31
Entry compiled by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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