Using CVS for PHP Development

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If you are not familiar with CVS, you should have a look at the various documentation resources available at CVShome.org. This is also where to get the most recent version of the CVS client.

All CVS commit messages get sent to the php-cvs mailing list. You should subscribe yourself to this mailing list. Instructions for subscribing are on the Support page.

CVS itself is quite easy to use. Follow the steps listed on the anonymous CVS page for checking out your tree. Substitute your own user name for 'cvsread' and use the password you submitted. You will not be able to do this until you receive confirmation of your account having been created.

Next, once you have your CVS tree you need to know the following commands. They should all be executed from within the checked out tree. eg. cd php4

cvs update -dP

This fetches all updates made by others and brings your tree up to date. Before starting to edit anything in the tree you should do this. Generally you would do this whenever you see a CVS commit message on the php-cvs mailing list.

cvs commit

This commits any changes you have made anywhere in the tree. A text editor will pop up and you will need to describe the changes you made. Please provide a good description here as it may help people in the future when looking at your code changes.