Ideal for software developers tracking different versions of the same code, this new edition has been expanded to explain the general use of CVS for system administrators, project managers, software architects, user-interface (UI) specialists, graphic designers and others. You'll also find: A full command reference that details all aspects to adjust CVS for automation, logging, branching, merging documents, and create alerts Examples and descriptions of the most commonly used options for each command Why and when to tag or branch your project, tagging before releases, and using branching to create a bugfix version of the project details on the systems used in CVS to permit multiple developers to work on the same project without losing data A section devoted to document version management and project management includes ways to import and export projects, work with remote repositories, and shows how to fix things that can go wrong when using CVS. You'll find more screenshots in this edition as well as examples of using graphical CVS clients to run CVS commands.