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CVS Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly)) (Paperback)

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Paperback: 75 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA (13 Sep 2000)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0596000030
ISBN-13: 978-0596000035
Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.4 x 0.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 965,302 in Books (See Bestsellers 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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3.0 out of 5 stars This tries to be a reference book but it lacks an index, 20 Oct 2000

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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 :-)

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3.0 out of 5 stars You'll still need another reference, 9 April 2005

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This review is from: CVS Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly)) (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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