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Online CVS Documentation

These works primarily concern CVS. None are published as books, but they are available online.

Version Management with CVS, by Per Cederqvist et al, is the main manual for CVS.
Introduction to CVS by Jim Blandy contains the material from a one day training course for new CVS users.
The CVS FAQ is a user-written document describing many aspects of CVS.

CVS v1.12.12 Manual

1. Overview

2. The Repository

3. Starting a project with CVS

4. Revisions

5. Branching and merging

6. Recursive behavior

7. Adding, removing, and renaming files and directories

8. History browsing

9. Handling binary files

10. Multiple developers

11. Revision management

12. Keyword substitution

13. Tracking third-party sources

14. How your build system interacts with CVS

15. Special Files

A. Guide to CVS commands

B. Quick reference to CVS commands

C. Reference manual for Administrative files

D. All environment variables which affect CVS

E. Compatibility between CVS Versions

F. Troubleshooting

G. Credits

H. Dealing with bugs in CVS or this manual

Index

Printed CVS Documentation

The CVS reference card offers a complete list of CVS commands and options for the command line CVS.

Books related to CVS

These books either discuss CVS in the text of the book or come with a CD-ROM which includes CVS and/or CVS documentation.

Practical Software Configuration Management by Tim Mikkelsen and Suzanne Pherigo, 1997, gets individuals and small teams started with configuration management. The CD-ROM which accompanies the book includes a copy of CVS, including binaries for Windows 95/NT.
Programming with GNU Software by Mike Loukides and Andy Oram, 1997, is an introduction to the GNU software development tools running on UNIX. The CD-ROM which accompanies the book includes a copy of CVS, including binaries for six unix platforms.
How to Set Up and Maintain a Web Site by Lincoln D. Stein, second edition, 1997, is a comprehensive yet concise introduction to all aspects of running a web site. The CD-ROM which accompanies the book includes a copy of CVS 1.3-s2.

Other Books of Interest to Programmers and Web Authors

Applying RCS and SCCS, offers a detailed discussion of the RCS and SCCS version control tools, with particular emphasis on building scripts on top of RCS and SCCS to accomplish version control tasks.
Maximum RPM is the official, definitive technical reference to the packaging system.
The C Programming Language, by Kernighan and Ritchie, is the best known and one of the best books on the C language.
The most widely read and most trusted book on C++ is The C++ Programming Language.
Using and porting the GNU C Compiler is the user manual for the GCC C/C++ compiler.
Debugging with GDB is the user manual for the GDB debugger.
GNU Emacs Manual is the user manual for the Emacs editor/environment. It comes with a reference card.
Programming Perl, better known as the Camel Book, covers the perl scripting language in depth.
Learning Perl, by Randal L. Schwartz and Tom Christiansen, teaches you to program in the perl scripting language.
Learning Perl on Win32 Systems, by Randal L. Schwartz, and Tom Christiansen, teaches you to program in the perl scripting language, with additional information on Windows-specific topics.
Practical Programming in Tcl and Tk, Brent Welch, is a comprehensive guide to programming in the tcl scripting language.

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