| CVS is a free software configuration management tool designed to keep track of source changes made by groups of developers working on the same files, allowing them to coordinate their efforts. CVS is used to keep track of collections of files in a
shared directory called "The Repository". Each collection of files can be given a "module" name, which is used to "checkout" that collection. After checkout, files can be modified, "committed" back into the Repository and compared against earlier
revisions. Collections of files can be "tagged" with a symbolic name for later retrieval.
Developers can add new files, remove files, ask for information about sets of files in three different ways, produce patch "diffs" from a base revision and merge the committed changes of other developers into your working files. |