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soujir0u

25th March 2002, 10:33

Ok, this might sound a bit silly but what is Cvs?

omol

25th March 2002, 10:37

Originally posted by soujir0u
Ok, this might sound a bit silly but what is Cvs?

http://www.cvshome.org/

regards,
omol

kastro68

25th March 2002, 12:22

And...

is CVS an acronym?

Superduck

25th March 2002, 12:59

CVS - Concurrent Versions System

kastro68

25th March 2002, 13:50

thx

I won't ask what Current Versions System is because it would only make me look stupid.

Edit: "CON"

-h

25th March 2002, 13:55

The Concurrent Versioning System allows files to be edited by multiple parties at the same time, tracking all changes made between them.

So, it lets 10 people all work on encoder.c concurrently, without worrying about the changes they're about to commit blasting away someone else's.

-h