- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (8 Aug 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0596000030
- ISBN-13: 978-0596000035
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,694,896 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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CVS is the Open Source Concurrent Version System. Its purpose is to enable one or more people to work on a program without falling over each other and without losing track of code changes. CVS Pocket Reference deals with CVS version 1.10.8, which includes all the functionality of RCS, which isn't covered other than to tell you how to import files from it. It includes a short history of CVS, how to get it, install it, run it and use it. It also covers the use of sandboxes--directories used just for development--and how to restructure a CVS tree manually. CVS is basically command line driven, and as with so many Open Source applications even its options have options. These are covered in exhaustive detail including obsolete and deprecated options.
Any programmer can easily learn to use CVS effectively from this reference, but its real attraction is the tiny size--it actually does fit in a pocket--and friendly format. Pocket references are also ideal for handing to those irritating people who constantly ask for the same information over and over again, relying on you to remember it for them. At the price, it is worth buying just for the peace and quiet. --Steve Patient
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'A good resource for anyone wanting to learn about working with CVS.' Linux Format, Xmas issue, Rating 7/10
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
CVS is very different from the 'usual' source code control systems which 'lock' files out and then 'check in' later. Instead CVS lets anyone have a file and the bun fight happens when the files are checked in - with files being merged. This book cleared that up for me on page 7 under 'gotchas', great. The rest was a disappointment to me. I'd hoped to get a better overview of how CVS works/gets-used which I know isn't a fair thing to ask of a 'reference' book but its Hobson's choice at the moment. Unfortunately the editors have failed the book as a reference since there isn't an index and the table of contents list just 5 headings! The descriptions of commands need more examples and explanation for my liking too.
Still, can't beat the price :-)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I know this is supposed to be a pocked reference, but one of the most irritating things about a lot of O'Reilly publictions is the lack of those blindingly obvious examples you need for specific commands.
While the book give the format for a command, I can usually get this from Linux man pages - what I really want are real world examples - how to commit a file, how to add a binary file, how to checkout a specific file version. Easy stuff (now!) but tough when you're starting out.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Can't keep up with the O'Reilly standards
28 July 2002
Format:Paperback
This book fails to be a pocket reference. The book's index is a joke and as a result your topic of interest is not listed or, and that is a major drawback for reference books, discussed somewhere else. And if you find your topic the information presented is often not sufficient to answer your question. Although I keep this book within arm reach on my desk, I always use the web for my CVS questions. My advice for people with basic CVS knowledge and the ability to use CVS from the command line: search the web and pick one of the many CVS related web sites as your starting point for more information on CVS. This books does not keep up with the O'Reilly standards and is therefor best ignored.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Great book, but note the title!
23 Mar 2001
Format:Paperback
This is a great reference book. Note the title, it is a small, pocket sized concise _reference_ guide. It assumes that you already understand CVS and its functionality, and just need something to grab to look up that obscure command that you rarely use. It is exactly as advertised, and lives up to O'Reilly's good name.
O'Reilly unfortunately doesn't have a full blown book on CVS yet. In the meantime I recommend Open Source Development With CVS by Karl Franz Fogel, also available on Amazon.com.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Useful; worth the price if you don't like man pages
9 Aug 2002
Format:Paperback
This pocket reference summarises the basics of CVS. It's enough to get you going, but I wouldn't rely on it for a major project. The explanation of how CVS works is short; the part I've found most useful is the handy table of CVS commands and options in the second half of the book.
However, there is extensive online documentation for CVS that goes into far greater depth than this book, is more up to date, and is free. Even though I've had the book, I've still needed to refer to this online documentation to learn the finer points of tags, branching, and other CVS features.
So it's really a matter of whether you want to pay to have some (but not all) useful information in a handy booklet. If that appeals to you, great, this isn't a bad book. But you can certainly live without it by using your computer as a reference tool.
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