[Savannah-cvs] administration/content/gnu-content/faq CVS_-_Ho...

[Sylvain Beucler]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/administration
Module name:    administration
Branch:         
Changes by:     Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden>        05/05/04 18:50:26

Modified files:
        content/gnu-content/faq: 
                                 CVS_-_How_do_I_start_using_the_repository.txt 

Log message:
        Refered to the savane documentation
        Clean-up

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/administration/administration/content/gnu-content/faq/CVS_-_How_do_I_start_using_the_repository.txt.diff?tr1=1.4&tr2=1.5&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: 
administration/content/gnu-content/faq/CVS_-_How_do_I_start_using_the_repository.txt
diff -u 
administration/content/gnu-content/faq/CVS_-_How_do_I_start_using_the_repository.txt:1.4
 
administration/content/gnu-content/faq/CVS_-_How_do_I_start_using_the_repository.txt:1.5
--- 
administration/content/gnu-content/faq/CVS_-_How_do_I_start_using_the_repository.txt:1.4
    Fri Apr 15 18:24:27 2005
+++ 
administration/content/gnu-content/faq/CVS_-_How_do_I_start_using_the_repository.txt
        Wed May  4 18:50:26 2005
@@ -8,41 +8,25 @@
 repositories, use the anonymous mode (check the FAQ entry).
 </li>
 <li>
-SSH2 must be installed on your client machine. You can add
-<pre>
-  Host savannah.gnu.org
-     Protocol 2
-</pre>
-in your <tt>~/.ssh/config</tt> file, if you think that your SSH will
-switch to protocol 1 automatically.<br>
-Note: you can use savannah.gnu.org or savannah.nongnu.org interchangeably.
-</li>
-<li>
 <p>Move into the local directory where you want to keep your local copy of the
 CVS tree. For example:</p>
 <pre>
-  cd /opt
+  mkdir ~/myproj-workingdir
+  cd ~/myproj-workingdir
 </pre>
 </li>
 <li>
-<p>Download the CVS tree structure (substitute <b>user</b> with your
-login name, and <b>project</b> with the name of your project):</p>
-<pre>
- export CVS_RSH=ssh<br>
- cvs -z3 -d<b>user</b>@savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/<b>project</b> co 
<b>project</b>
-</pre>
+<p>Download the CVS tree structure as explained in your project CVS page (for 
example, https://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=emacs) under &quot;Project 
<i>Member</i> CVS Access via SSH&quot;.
 <p>
-Beware that <b>username</b> and <b>projectname</b> are case sensitive,
+Beware that <b>username</b> and <b>projectname</b> are <i>case sensitive</i>,
 unlike in the web interface.
 <p>
-This will create an empty <b>project</b> directory, in your current working
-directory, where you should start writing your project.
+This will create an empty <i>project</i> directory, where you should start 
writing your project. Ifthere is such no empty directory, check that you are 
not using the <code>-P</code> (prune directory) option in your command line or 
<code>~/.cvsrc</code> file.
 </li>
 <li>
 <p>
 You can now start creating any files you want in your local project directory
-(/opt/project in the example above). Every time you create a new file, you
-must add it and commit it to the repository with:
+(<code>~/myproj-workingdir/<i>project</i></code> in the example above). Every 
time you create a new file, you must add it and commit it to the repository 
with:
 </p>
 <pre>
     cvs add filename
@@ -70,10 +54,7 @@
 </pre>
 </li>
 <li>
-<p>You can see the contents and history of your CVS repository at the URL:</p>
-<pre>
-    http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/myproject/
-</pre>
+<p>You can see the contents and history of your CVS repository via the ViewCVS 
interface. There are links to this interface in your project page.</p>
 </li>
 </ol>
 
@@ -89,4 +70,4 @@
 &quot;Invoking CVS&quot; in the info file)
 </p>
 
-<p style="font-size: smaller">Updated $Date: 2005/04/15 18:24:27 $</p>
+<p style="font-size: smaller">Updated $Date: 2005/05/04 18:50:26 $</p>