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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

Last updated 10 Aug, 2005

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About

Leadership

Mark D. Baushke - Maintainer
Larry Jones - Maintainer
Derek R. Price - Maintainer
See the AUTHORS file distributed with the CVS sources - Contributor

Related Projects

CVSGraph, CVSSearch, CVSps, Cvsauth, Cvsplot, PicoForge, RCS, Subversion, Unison, Vesta, Workon, cervisia, cssc, cvsd, cvsfs, darcs, gnu-arch, prcs, svk

Versions

1.11.21

1.11.21 stable released 2005-09-28

Released: 28 Sep, 2005
Code Maturity: Stable
Source Archive: http://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/cvs/source/stable/1....
Licenses: GPLv2orlater
Interfaces: Command Line

User Community and Support

User manuals available from http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/; Printed user manual available from http://www.network-theory.co.uk/cvs/manual/; User introduction from http://ximbiot.com/cvs/cvshome/docs/blandy.html; User training manual included; Quick reference at http://ximbiot.com/cvs/cvshome/docs/ref.html; Links to other docs are at http://ximbiot.com/cvs/

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Lists of paid consultants available from http://www.ximbiot.com/cvs/wiki/index.php?title=CVS_FAQ

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