Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Preamble1.2. Purpose1.3. Audience1.4. Contact the author1.5. The advantages of using CVS1.6. How to use this document
2. Setup CVS2.1. Assumptions2.2. Install CVS2.3. Create the CVS repository directory2.4. Setup environment variables2.5. Initialize the repository2.6. CVS Authentication2.7. Setup CVS modules2.8. Setup binary file types2.9. Setup the CVS pserver
3. Import your Interchange catalog into CVS3.1. Configuring your catalog3.2. Remove old CVS folders3.3. Create a working copy of your catalog3.4. Streamline your catalog for CVS3.5. Import the streamlined catalog3.6. Testing the new CVS module
4. Integrate CVS and Interchange4.1. CVS checkout into the catalog directory4.2. Testing manual CVS updates on Interchange catalogs4.3. Automatic updates on commit4.4. Automatic e-mail on commit
5. The two track model: development and live catalogs5.1. When to branch5.2. Which way to branch5.3. Performing the branch5.4. Setup the development catalog5.5. Splitting updates on commit by tag5.6. Using new branches5.7. Merging
6. Tools of the trade6.1. Workstation Interchange installation6.2. CVSIGNORE6.3. Mailserver for CVS updates6.4. Locally mapped source code for a network IC server6.5. jEdit - a good editor with Interchange/HTML/Perl colorization and CVS6.6. Separate servers for development and live catalogs
C. ResourcesC.1. CVS DocumentationC.2. CVS Server SoftwareC.3. CVS Client Software