Re: cvs

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 02:48:33PM +0100, Guy Geens wrote:
> Just set CVSROOT to an appropriate value, e.g.:
> export CVSROOT=:ext:user@host:/var/cvs
[...]
> You can switch between CVS servers by changing the CVSROOT environment
> variable. Most of the time, you don't even need to do that: once you
> are in a work directory, cvs will automatically use the repository
> stored in the administrative files.
> 
> The only time you need to set CVSROOT is when checking out a new
> repository.

Usually, to avoid confusion, I don't even do that: I just set the
cvsroot for the few commands that need it using the -d switch. For
example:

  cvs -d :ext:user@host:/var/cvs co foo

  cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@foo.example.com:/cvs/bar login
  cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@foo.example.com:/cvs/bar co quux

... then, after that, drop the -d switch and its argument.

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Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]