CVS Help?

[Nobody]

Ok, this is non-SEQ related. I'm working on a sourceforge project of my own for some friends and it's driving me nuts.

You CVS gods, do you have a HOWTO on:

1) Deleting crap out of CVS that shouldn't be there
2) The correct way to install about 4 files in CVS
3) How to download a patch someone submits and diff it?
4) How to update the files once patched?

Jeeves: flame on if you will, I've dug around the site's pages and admin pages for about 3 hrs. At one point there was a link to some semi-simple documentation on using cvs. I've used rcs in the past but that's it.

[Mr. Suspicious]

These links might be helpfull,

All found at: http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_toc.html#SEC_Contents

1) Deleting crap out of CVS that shouldn't be there
http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_7.html#SEC66
or
http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_4.html#SEC52

2) The correct way to install about 4 files in CVS
http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_3.html#SEC38

3) How to download a patch someone submits and diff it?
http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_1.html#SEC8
and
http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs_1.html#SEC6

And ofcourse the GODLY Linux.org How-to's http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/CVS-RCS-HOWTO.html

[high_jeeves]

Damn, I finally go to see Attack of The Clones, and I lose an opportunity to flame... what a cruel world it is...

Basically, Mr. S has it covered... cvshome has some excellent documentation. I would also recommend checking out the Orielly CVS book (just go to the bookstore, and read the relavent sections if you dont want to buy it..)

Deleting is the only weird one... since this is version control you aren't going to absolutely, positively delete.. while this can be done if you have shell access to the CVSROOT, it is not recommended at all.. weird shit (tm) can happen..

--Jeeves

[Nobody]

Excelent guys. Didn't know about CVSHOME, bookmarked. Thanks for the info.