Cvs

[sde]

anyone have any good links or insight on how this really works?

when you install cvs on a server, .. is the only way to access it via shell?

are there web interfaces to view stuff with?

i need to set one up, .. but i've never had any experience with it before.

[redhead]

You can get CVS to work over any form of tunneling, and yes there are web interfaces, I dont have the time to search for them right now, but will get back to you.

Over ssh:

~ > setenv CVS_RSH ssh
~ > setenv CVSROOT your-domain.com:/var/CVSROOT
~ > cvs commit what_ever

I have been fidling with getting cvs working over ssh without a valid login shell, but havn't accomplished it yet, the next best thing, is to provide a chroot jail on the account, this however requires some patching of ssh.

[arockj]

I believe there are apache modules that allow you to view the code repository, but not edit the code.

[technobard]

There is a CVSWeb out there somewhere. It is a read-only interface to your source files.

If you haven't gotten that far, you might want to look at Subversion 1.0. It's the cvs replacement that has just come out recently. I believe it has a webdav module for accessing a repository via Apache 2.x.

It has a number of improvements over cvs. I haven't gotten around to using it myself, so if you decide to go this route, do a little research on your own first.

[joe_bruin]

cvs can be used over a remote shell like ssh or locally.
if you want a web interface (read only) try cvsweb (wow, those links really pop out, don't they?)
there are several gui interfaces to cvs. for windows, tortoise cvs is one of the better ones.

if you want simplicity and ease of use, cvs is the way to go. it's trivial to set up a repository (no webserver/network/user configuration required, just one command). many people recommend "the newest thing" in source control without needing or understanding the features they are gaining and losing. cvs is the standard and it works well (being used currently by all bsd's, all of sourceforge, many linux developers [not torvalds, he uses bitkeeper], openbeos, and any clueful companies i've worked at).

[sde]

thanks for all the advice ..

and joe, it took you gettin on my case last time to fix the links .. after our last vb update something weird happened and i've been lazy to fix .. i'm glad you reminded me. it's on the todo list.

[sde]

we got subversion rockin!

[redhead]

If you havn't found a solution yet, you might want to look at this: http://pecl.php.net/package/cvsclient it looks prommising in the future, especialy when they get commit/update/checkout working.

Befor that, theres always: http://viewcvs.sourceforge.net/