CVS stands for Concurrent Versions System. It is a
tool
that allows a single user or multiple users to effectively track and maintain
software as well as text systems during concurrent development.
Capabilities
- CVS can give you a version of a module (module being either a file or directory) as it existed on a specific date.
- It makes working with source code (ex: .cpp, .c, .html, .ksh, .tex, .py, .s, etc) a more manageable process.
- CVS keeps track of who accessed/saved a particular module last.
- It lets a user check out a copy of a module and hack on it, while keeping the master version in a repository.
- CVS allows multiple developers to work on the same module at the same time
The Details
HelpNet was created by the 1997 incoming graduate class. It is only occasionally updated.
