CVS

Also known as Concurrent Versions System, Concurrent Versioning System

historical centralized version control system

Key facts

Developer: The CVS Team
Initial release: November 19, 1990 ; 35 years ago ( 1990-11-19 )
Stable release: 1.11.23 / May 8, 2008 ; 18 years ago ( 2008-05-08 )
Preview release: 1.12.13 / September 28, 2005 ; 20 years ago ( 2005-09-28 )
Written in: C
Operating system: Unix-like , Windows
Type: Revision control
License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Website: cvs .nongnu .org
Repository: savannah .nongnu .org /projects /cvs

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Wikidata facts

Official website: savannah.nongnu.org/projects/cvs

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issue tracker URL: savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=cvs
Stack Exchange tag: stackoverflow.com/tags/cvs
inception: 1990-11-19
source code repository URL: savannah.nongnu.org/projects/cvs
software version identifier: 1.12.13
mailing list archive URL: lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/bug-cvs
short name: CVS
publication date: 1990-11-19

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Concurrent Versions System (CVS, or Concurrent Versioning System) is a version control system originally developed by Dick Grune in July 1986. It builds on top of an older version control system called Revision Control System (RCS), adding support for repository-level change tracking, and a client-server model. CVS servers normally run on Unix systems, while clients can be on any operating system.

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