Dear fellow developers, for your convenience, here's a micro CVS HowTo: - initial checkout the head of the main/development branch: cvs -d<user>@cvs.sf.net:/cvsroot/monetdb co -P MonetDB - initial checkout the head of a release branch: cvs -d<user>@cvs.sf.net:/cvsroot/monetdb co -P -rMonetDB_4-3-16 MonetDB - tranforming a check-out main/development branch into a checked-out release branch: cvs up -dP -rMonetDB_4-3-16 - tranforming a check-out release branch into a checked-out main/development branch: cvs up -dP -A - updating a check-out main/development or release branch: cvs up -dP - checking, whether your current check-out it a main/development or release branch: cat CVS/Tag main/development branch: CVS/Tag does not exist release branch: CVS/Tag contains branch name/tag - checking you own changes (preferably prior to checkin): cvs diff Stefan -- | Dr. Stefan Manegold | mailto:Stefan.Manegold@cwi.nl | | CWI, P.O.Box 94079 | http://www.cwi.nl/~manegold/ | | 1090 GB Amsterdam | Tel.: +31 (20) 592-4212 | | The Netherlands | Fax : +31 (20) 592-4312 |