Chapter 6. Downloading and configuring your CVS client

Abstract

Where to download a CVS client and how to configure it.

Downloading a CVS client

To download a CVS client, visit Cyclic Software's CVS client download page. Although many different types of clients are available, we recommend the command line client and the documentation on this web page is intended for that client.

Configuring your client

Set the following environment variables (for anonymous login):

set CVSROOT=:pserver:cvsanon@mok.lvcm.com:/CVS/ReactOSset HOME=c:\temp

You will probably want to put these settings into your autoexec.bat file. These settings assume that you have a directory called c:\temp for temporary files. To log into the CVS server run "cvs login" and, when prompted for a password, enter "cvsanon". This anonymous user has rights to check out source trees and get updates, but cannot add, remove or commit anything into the repository.

If you become a contributing developer and acquire a user on our central server, you will change these settings so that the "cvsanon" in the CVSROOT is the username. You will also log in with a password specific to the username instead of "cvsanon".