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CVS Helper Software?

Posted by Cliff on from the contrib-spice-adds-more-flavor dept.

MetalShard asks: "While building Pocket War we started using CVS and found it to be the best version control system any of us have ever used. We are also using Code Historian which works with CVS and lets you analyze the changes you have made in you code, and TortoiseCVS which adds an easy to use front end to CVS. It seems like there are a lot of cool add-ons for CVS, but we have not found a good CVS server configuration program. Is there one?"

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  1. CVS server configuration by keramida · · Score: 4, Informative

    Not really a tool per se, but just a hint that can prove helpful. You might find the existing CVS server configuration of projects like NetBSD or FreeBSD useful. I know I did :-)

    Instead of repeating the steps that others have taken to configure your CVSROOT/ stuff, you can copy existing configurations and make a few modifications to match your local style, taste, or other details of setup. For instance, this article from the FreeBSD documentation set describes how you can set things up for automatic mail notifications and commit log archiving, using the scripts developed by the FreeBSD CVS admins.

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  2. Webmin by bite.me · · Score: 3, Informative

    I haven't used this particular module, but Webmin has a decent and consistant UI, so it should do what you want. That said, it doesn't seem like there's much server configuration that you have to do once it's set up. WebCVS is pretty handy too.

  3. jEdit by jonsb · · Score: 4, Informative

    jEdit has a great plugin for CVS called GruntSpud that when used with jDiff does the same job as Code Historian all inside of one app

  4. cvsup by hymie3 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I use cvsup on all of my production boxes. I've wrapped it up in some scripts (using ssh with authorized-keys) such that the developers can issue a single command and *poof* the production server is updated with the code tagged as PRODUCTION. It's my life as sysadmin/cvs lackey a lot simpler.

    What, specifically, were you looking for as far as server configuration was concerned?

  5. The best? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    ...we started using CVS and found it to be the best version control system any of us have ever used

    Either you haven't used any other SCM systems and have nothing to compare with, or you simply haven't used CVS long enough to realize it sucks big time. CVS lacks a huge number of vital features (rename, changesets and binary delta storage, to mention a few) which makes it look more like a kids toy in comparison with other SCM systems (such as ClearCase and Bitkeeper).