RE: cvs newbie seeks advice on best way to set up

[Jim.Hyslop]

Sticks wrote:
> we have a small php/mysql project and only two developers, 
> but we would 
> like to manage the project using cvs. we want to be able to 
> access the 
> repository managed by cvs through apache and we want to set up two 
> subdomains on our local testing server to point to our 
> working copies. 
> can apache be pointed to the folder containing the master cvs 
> repository?
No, because the repository files have a different format from the original
files. You'll have to keep an up-to-date copy checked out.

> if not, what is the best way to keep an up to 
> date version 
> of the project in the web server's document root?
It's in TFM:
https://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/cvs-1.11.17/cvs_18.html#SEC175

> where is the best 
> folder to put the cvs repository?
Wherever you want to put it. With one caveat - the physical computer hosting
the repository should be running the same operating system as the computer
running the CVS server. In other words, no NFS or Samba mounts.

-- 
Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts)