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Article: CVS for beginners.(Teach-In)
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- Software World
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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Like many other software tools CVS is being credited with the properties of a panacea, not only with retrieval capabilities that tempt the developer to leave documentation properties to future generations, but also the added powers of awakening the legacy dead.
The following note posted on the internet firmly outlines the capabilities and the limitations of the Concurrent Versions System.
CVS is a Version Control System.
Using it, you can record the history of your source files. For example, bugs sometimes creep in when software is modified, and you might not detect the bug until a long time after you make the modification. With CVS, you can ...