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## The history file

The file ``$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history'` is used to log information for the `history` command (see section history--Show status of files and users). This file must be created to turn on logging. This is done automatically if the `cvs init` command is used to set up the repository (see section Creating a repository).

The file format of the ``history'` file is documented only in comments in the CVS source code, but generally programs should use the `cvs history` command to access it anyway, in case the format changes with future releases of CVS.

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