While the commonly-available instructions for using CVS are ok for usage if the
repository and modules already set up, I found them not helpful for setting up
from scratch.  I found a description, from which these instructions are taken:

    http://parallel.nas.nasa.gov/parallel/Training/cvs/cvs-tutorial.html

If these are followed precisely, they will work (on a UNIX system such as
turing that has CVS installed).  If you can find a more concise startup
procedure, let me (Bob Keller) know.

1. Set your CVSROOT variable in your .cshrc

    Don't create the directory to which it will point; init will do that.

2. Source the .cshrc


3. Do:

    cvs init

4. Create a project directory:

    mkdir project

5. Connect to the project directory:

    cd project

6. Make the project into a "module":

    cvs import project <some tag, such as your initials> project-initial

7. Connect to the parent directory:

    cd ..

8. Remove the project directory (yes, that's right; you'll get it back).

    /bin/rm -rf project

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Steps starting with 9. can be repeated by any user in any directory.  This
gives you a local copy of the project, which can be modified concurrently
by all team members.

9. Connect to any directory where you'd like to work on the project.


10. Recreate the project directory through CVS:

    cvs co project

11. Connect to the project directory:

    cd project

12. Create any files you wish.


13. Add files to CVS

    cvs add <files>

14. Commit changes to files

    cvs commit 

15. Get any changes committed by you or others:

    cvs update

16. If there are conflicts to be resolved, you will be told which files have
    them.

17. To get info:

    cvs log