Managing Local Modifications

• Get the source tree for your program, untar it.

• Change directory to the root of the source tree.

• Run the following command:

cvs import repository vendor-tag release-tag

• repository

The directory in your local cvs repository to store this imported tree.

• vendor-tag

     A tag to identify the vendor, ie "IBM", "FSF" or "redhat" 

• release-tag

A tag to identify the release. No periods, use underscores. Like "screen-3_9_11".

# Example:

     cvs import -m "Import of FSF v. 0.05" fsf/wdiff FSF_DIST WDIFF_0_04