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== Guide to CVS commands ==

This appendix describes the overall structure of
<small>CVS</small> commands, and describes some commands in
detail (others are described elsewhere; for a quick
reference to <small>CVS</small> commands, see [[cvs: Quick reference to CVS commands#Quick reference to CVS commands|Invoking CVS]]).

 [[cvs: Overall structure of CVS commands#Overall structure of CVS commands|&bull; Structure]]::                   Overall structure of CVS commands
 [[cvs: CVS's exit status#CVS&rsquo;s exit status|&bull; Exit status]]::                 Indicating CVS's success or failure
 [[cvs: Default options and the ~%47.cvsrc file#Default options and the ~/.cvsrc file|&bull; ~/.cvsrc]]::                    Default options with the ~/.csvrc file
 [[cvs: Global options#Global options|&bull; Global options]]::              Options you give to the left of cvs_command
 [[cvs: Common command options#Common command options|&bull; Common options]]::              Options you give to the right of cvs_command
 [[cvs: admin--Administration#admin&mdash;Administration|&bull; admin]]::                       Administration
 [[cvs: checkout--Check out sources for editing#checkout&mdash;Check out sources for editing|&bull; checkout]]::                    Checkout sources for editing
 [[cvs: commit--Check files into the repository#commit&mdash;Check files into the repository|&bull; commit]]::                      Check files into the repository
 [[cvs: diff--Show differences between revisions#diff&mdash;Show differences between revisions|&bull; diff]]::                        Show differences between revisions
 [[cvs: export--Export sources from CVS, similar to checkout#export&mdash;Export sources from CVS, similar to checkout|&bull; export]]::                      Export sources from CVS, similar to checkout
 [[cvs: history--Show status of files and users#history&mdash;Show status of files and users|&bull; history]]::                     Show status of files and users
 [[cvs: import--Import sources into CVS, using vendor branches#import&mdash;Import sources into CVS, using vendor branches|&bull; import]]::                      Import sources into CVS, using vendor branches
 [[cvs: log--Print out log information for files#log&mdash;Print out log information for files|&bull; log]]::                         Show log messages for files
 [[cvs: rdiff--'patch' format diffs between releases#rdiff&mdash;&rsquo;patch&rsquo; format diffs between releases|&bull; rdiff]]::                       'patch' format diffs between releases
 [[cvs: release--Indicate that a Module is no longer in use#release&mdash;Indicate that a Module is no longer in use|&bull; release]]::                     Indicate that a directory is no longer in use
 [[cvs: update--Bring work tree in sync with repository#update&mdash;Bring work tree in sync with repository|&bull; update]]::                      Bring work tree in sync with repository


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