CvsGui : MacCVS and WinCvs

Alexandre Parenteau, aubonbeurre@hotmail.com

1. About CVS

• 1.1 Where to find CVS ?
• 1.2 What is CvsGui ?
• 1.3 Why Cvs and CvsGui ?
• 1.4 Which are the features inside cvs that are not avalaible in CvsGui ?
• 1.5 Which are the features inside CvsGui that are not avalaible in cvs ?
• 1.6 What is the relationship with the "official" maintainers of cvs ?
• 1.7 What are the differences with jcvs, MacCvsClient, MacCvsPro ?
• 1.8 What about Rhapsody ?

2. The MacCVS Client

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 What is inside
• 2.3 Binary and Text files
• 2.4 The "import" problem
• 2.5 Getting started
• 2.6 Hacking MacCvs

3. The WinCVS Client and Local

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 What is inside
• 3.3 Binary and Text files
• 3.4 The "import" problem
• 3.5 Getting started
• 3.6 Hacking WinCvs

4. Summary of CvsGui commands

• 4.1 Cvs Main menu
• 4.2 Cvs Files menu
• 4.3 Cvs Folder menu
• 4.4 Preferences dialog

5. Note on dirty files

• 5.1 A little bit of history first
• 5.2 Advantage of "Open Code Software"

6. Goodies with MacCvs/WinCvs

• 6.1 CWCVS : a cvs plug-in for Metrowerks (Mac only)
• 6.2 MPW tools (Mac only)

7. Annex

• 7.1 Environment variables used by MacCVS/WinCVS
• 7.2 A discussion about MacCVS architecture and the CR/LF problem