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@@ -44,26 +44,37 @@ CVS will prompt you for a password. Just press the Enter key (there is no
password for anonymous access). This step only needs to be done once, the first
time you attempt to access CVS.
<p>
-Once the login is complete, you can then check which modules
-are available for checkout by running the following command (all on one line):
+Once the login is complete, you can then check the list of available
+CVS modules by running the following command (all on one line):
<pre>
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@busybox.net:/var/cvs co -c </pre>
<p>
-You can then check out any of the available modules. The following is
-an example of how to grab a copy of busybox and tinylogin:
+If you wish, you can then check out a local copy of any of the
+available modules. The following is an example of how to grab
+a copy of busybox and tinylogin:
<pre>
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@busybox.net:/var/cvs co -P busybox tinylogin</pre>
This will create a directory called <b>busybox</b> and a directory called
<b>tinylogin</b> in the current directory. These directories contain the
latest and greatest source code for busybox and tinylogin.
+<p>
+I usually create a ~/.cvsrc file with the following things in it, and I
+recommend you should use the same:
+<pre>
+ -z3
+ update -dP
+ rdiff -u
+ diff -ubBwpN
+ checkout -P</pre>
+
<p>
Once you've checked out a copy of the source tree, you can update your
source tree at any time so it is in sync with the latest and greatest by
running the command:
<pre>
-cvs -z3 update -d -P</pre>
+cvs update</pre>
Because you've only been granted anonymous access to the tree, you won't be
able to commit any changes. Changes can be submitted for inclusion by posting
@@ -85,7 +96,7 @@ them to the appropriate <a href="http://busybox.net/mailman/listinfo">mailing li
<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
Mail all comments, insults, suggestions and bribes to
<a href="mailto:andersen@codepoet.org">Erik Andersen</a><BR>
- The Busybox logo is copyright 1999,2000,2001, Erik Andersen.
+ The Busybox logo is copyright 1999-2002, Erik Andersen.
</font>
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