Here are (hopefully) some practical tips on using CVS. Feel free to contribute

I think a lot of these things, especially proverbs, are applicable to other version control systems as well. --Janne

Discussion on CVS clients#

• CVS clients on UNIX
• CVS clients on Windows
• Using CVS with SSH
• CVS integration with development tools

CVS proverbs#

• Commit early, commit often
• Commit a feature
• Don't break the build
• Commit files individually

Generic tips#

• Best Practices
• Understanding version control
• Tagging files in CVS
• Branching and merging
• Naming CVS projects
• Writing good ChangeLog entries