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Re: sharing cvs root?


From: Matt Riechers
Subject: Re: sharing cvs root?
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 11:09:30 -0500

"Hanser, Kevin" wrote:
> 
> My boss seems to think it would be a good idea to share our CVS root so we
> can easily browse it.  I don't think this is a good idea... can anyone give
> me the pro's or con's of doing this?

The repository root ($CVSROOT) is useless for "browsing" since you're looking at
revision files vs. usable source code. You could maintain a checked-out copy
that is updated daily, or try a web-based viewer like ViewCVS
<http://viewcvs.sourceforge.net/>.

-Matt



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