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In article <1992Oct8.075927.4437@ericsson.se> etxabju@juno.ericsson.se (Anders Bjurman) writes:

>Since the CVS program included with RCS seems to be better I've tried to
>use it instead, but I can't make it work. I can't find anything in
>the doc on how to get started, i.e. put my files under CVS control
>( ~ "CVS init" ). Is there some guide or hints on how to do that? (do CVS
>*works* in the first place?)
>
>I am also looking for some practical experience about version control in CVS
>or RCS? In my opinon it seems to be too much work to keep track of 150 files -
>I want to version control the application, not individual files. Any hints
>on how to do that?

CVS is a nice system, especially if you are modifying someone else's
code and you have to keep track of changes they ship you.  It is,
however, severely underdocumented in v1.2 (which is the OS/2 port),
although it improves somewhat in v1.3.

It will allow you to think of your project at the application level,
and not necessarily worry about every little file.

In terms of getting more information, your best bet is probably the
CVS mailing list.  It should be described in any doc files that come
with 1.2, but if not - the list is "info-cvs@prep.ai.mit.edu", and you
can subscribe with a request to "info-cvs-request@prep.ai.mit.edu".

One warning though - much if not most of the CVS world is using 1.3 at
this point, which has definite improvements over 1.2, so I'm not sure
how much of the list discussion is appropriate to the OS/2 port.  Does
anyone know if v1.3 is being ported to OS/2?

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-- David
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