1.3 A sample session

As a way of introducing CVS, we'll go through a typical work-session using CVS. The first thing to understand is that CVS stores all files in a centralized repository ( see section 2. The Repository ); this section assumes that a repository is set up. see section 2. The Repository ) ablegt. Dieser Abschnitt setzt vorraus, daß ein Repsository schon vorhanden und eingerichtet wurde.

Suppose you are working on a simple compiler. The source consists of a handful of C files and a `Makefile'. The compiler is called `tc' (Trivial Compiler), and the repository is set up so that there is a module called `tc'.

1.3.1 Getting the source		Creating a workspace
1.3.2 Committing your changes		Making your work available to others
1.3.3 Cleaning up
1.3.4 Viewing differences