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bear: cvs instructions

This page is under CVS. For more information, see How do I edit pages in a group with the "CVS Authoring" option?

• The command to check out this website is:

     cvs -d :ext:gigasource.eecs.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs co bear
     enter your password
  

  This will create a directory "bear" with a subdirectory "web" with at least one file, "index.html". After this directory is created, you never need to do this again.
• Next time you want edit files on the website, just go to this bear directory and type: cvs update enter your password It will update your local copies of the files
• You can edit the index.html file.
• You can add a new file by putting it in the same directory and doing:

     cvs add filename.html  (if it's a text file)
     cvs add -kb filename.doc (for example, if it's a binary file)
  

  It's critical to remember the -kb for binary files (Word, PDF, etc.), or else CVS corrupts the file.
• To commit your changes do

     cvs commit -m "explanation of changes"
     enter your password
  

• Once you have committed the changes, you can make them visible on the website by going to the website and clicking on "CVS update" at the bottom of any page.

For more information, see How do I edit pages in a group with the "CVS Authoring" option?

The general CVS faq is at http://www.gigascale.org/softdevel/faq/1/