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Re: CVS install
- To: Jeff J Jensen <jeffjensen at visi dot com>, cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: CVS install
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:30:13 -0700 (PDT)
--- Jeff J Jensen <jeffjensen@visi.com> wrote:
> Thank you Chuck and Earnie for the replies. It is clearer now.
>
> There is lots of info easily found on _using_ CVS, but the simple steps to
> begin I have not found. Is this missing (an assumption of a certain CVS
> expertise level), or have I been blind to it!? Can someone point me to the
> CVS setup docs for using the prebuilt binaries in the Cygwin distribution
> (or is it just that simple: set CVSROOT, and do init? If yes and missing,
> then tell me where/how to add a note and I'll write it up for the next
> beginner-like person...I spent too many hours looking for getting started
> info!)?
>
`cvs --help' should be a good start as well is `info --file
/usr/info/cvs.info'.
> An advice question:
> For CVS with Cygwin, where is/are the better places for the CVSROOT
> directory? Particularly, I am wondering about c:\cvsroot (will it work?)
> or c:\cygwin\cvsroot.
>
Your preference. If you're using the Cygwin CVS you should use POSIX paths
though. I use CVSROOT=/.CVS.
Cheers,
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