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Chapter 13: The Concurrent Versions System (CVS)

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branch, and it uses the release-tag to mark the current revisions of

the vendor branch files.

Create a vendor branch by using cvs import to create the project.

When you want to update to a new release from the vendor, use

cvs import on the same project with the same vendor tag and a new

release tag.

Test that you can cvs checkout the new project before

removing the original files.

Synonyms: im, imp

Standard subcommand options: -k, -m

Options

-b branch

Import to the specified vendor branch. If you have more than

one external supplier for a project, you may need to use two or

more distinct vendor branches to manage the project. If you

are using multiple vendor branches, use the -b option to

specify which branch you are importing to. branch must be the

branch number, not a tag, and CVS does not check that the

branch number given with the option and the symbolic tag

provided as the vendor-tag argument to the command corre-

spond to the same branch.

-d When setting the timestamp on each imported file, use each

file’s last modification time rather than the current time.

-I file

Ignore the named file when updating. -I can be used more

than once. Use -I ! to clear the list of ignored files.

-W wrapper

Modify the import based on elements of each filename. ...