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Concurrent Versions System (CVS), also known as the Concurrent Versioning System is a client-server revision control system, which keeps track of all work and all changes in a set of files.

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How do I add myself to the "wheel" group to use cvs?

I am on a Mac (Snow Leopard) and I would like to add myself to the "wheel" group? How do I do that? I there a way I can see all the groups am I in?
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Is there a nice GUI for CVS under Linux?

I'm wondering if there is a nice modern GUI for CVS under Linux, something that will make files comparison visual and easy ...
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Export 1 year of CVS to another repo?

We have a CVS repo with many years of history. It has become huge and unwieldly, so we would like to split this singe repo in to two repos: The main repo would have 1 year's worth of history, up to and including present day. This is where all dev…
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CVS - ignore Thumbs.db on Windows

What I tried so far is making a file, '.cvsignore' in the root of my module and then for the contents of the file: *.Thumbs.db However when I do CVS update, it still accounts for Thumbs.db - I just want it completely ignored by any cvs operation -…
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How to convert a CVS repo to GIT using cvs-fast-export?

As another attempt, I'm trying to convert a CVS repository to GIT. cvs-fast-export was recommended. The only problem is, I have no idea how to actually do so. I have it built, but how do I call it? There's tons of flags explained here but that's…
Tyler Shellberg
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How to get back the deleted folder and its content on a linux server?

I am using a linux (red hat) server and contents gets updated using CVS. A folder was not in CVS and it got deleted/replaced by another content after I run an update. How can I get the deleted content on my linux machine. Is there any data recovery…
Manojkumar
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Tortoise CVS icons not visible in Win 7 x64

I'm running Tortoise CVS 1.10.10 (with CVS NT 2.5.03) on Win 7 x64, and my folder overlay icons won't appear. I don't remember when this happened, however I've a colleague running the same setup (also Win 7, x64) and his icons appear just fine. I've…
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TortoiseCSV "nothing known" error based on user accounts?

When checking out or updating using TortoiseCVS from my repository, some user accounts get the "nothing known" error while some other accounts don't. The Symptom seems to be totally random. Has anyone seen anything like this before? Server is a…
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Pasting into the command line

Possible Duplicate: How do I paste into the Windows CMD prompt by using only the keyboard? I'd like to be able to paste commands right into the command line prompt in windows. Sounds trivial but it isn't working (ctrl+V doesn't work) and it…
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How to do remote CVS through multiple SSH connections

I know how to use a remote CVS repository where access to the remote server is through SSH. Here's my problem: the remote CVS server, call it "A" is accessible by SSH only from computers within the same subnet. There is one computer "B" on the…
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Tortoise CVS merge branches

I have two branches DEVELOPPEMENT and DEVELOPPEMENT2. I would like to merge DEVELOPPEMENT and DEVELOPPEMENT2 into a same branch but not in the HEAD yet. How to do it with the Tortoise HMI? I cannot find any documentation on that.
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Installing software via CVS, but I don't have /srv on Mac OS X

I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.8, and I'm trying to compile a software package originally developed for Linux. The code is under development and uses a CVS repository and is attempting to access /srv/cvs/CVSROOT/history, but I don't have a /srv…
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How to figure out version number of CVS pserver

Suppose that I do not have a physical access to a CVS-service-installed computer, but have a connection to CVS pserver. How do I figure out the version of the CVS pserver?
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move cvs repository from one server to another

I need to move CVS repository from one server to another. Currently my repository is on external hard disk. So I believe I do not need to copy code from one server to another. Both the servers are same OS and have same version of cvsnt on them. How…
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CVS not finding SSH

Any idea what's wrong here? >ver Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.476] >echo %CVS_RSH% ssh >echo %CVSROOT% :ext:foo@bar.org:/xyz >ssh usage: ssh [-46AaCfGgKkMNnqsTtVvXxYy] [-B bind_interface] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec]…
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