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# Reference manual for CVS commands

This appendix describes how to invoke CVS, and describes in detail those subcommands of CVS which are not fully described elsewhere. To look up a particular subcommand, see section Index.

- Structure: Overall structure of CVS commands
- ~/.cvsrc: Default options with the ~/.csvrc file
- Global options: Options you give to the left of cvs_command
- Common options: Options you give to the right of cvs_command
- admin: Administration front end for rcs
- checkout: Checkout sources for editing
- commit: Check files into the repository
- diff: Run diffs between revisions
- export: Export sources from CVS, similar to checkout
- history: Show status of files and users
- import: Import sources into CVS, using vendor branches
- log: Print out 'rlog' information for files
- rdiff: 'patch' format diffs between releases
- release: Indicate that a Module is no longer in use
- rtag: Add a tag to a module
- status: Status info on the revisions
- tag: Add a tag to checked out version
- update: Bring work tree in sync with repository

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