Repository Administrative Files

The repository's administrative files are stored in the CVSROOT subdirectory of the repository. These files control various aspects of CVS's behavior (in that repository only, of course).

You may also want to refer to the discussion of administrative files in Repository Administration, which includes examples.

• Storage And Editing: How to make changes to the administrative files.
• Shared Syntax: Most administrative files share a common syntax.
• Shared Variables: Some administrative files can expand variables.
• User Variables: How to expand run-time variables set by users.
• checkoutlist: The checkoutlist file.
• commitinfo: The commitinfo file.
• config: The config file.
• cvsignore: The cvsignore file.
• cvswrappers: The cvswrappers file.
• editinfo: The editinfo file.
• history file: The history file.
• loginfo: The loginfo file.
• modules: The modules file.
• notify: The notify file.
• passwd: The passwd file.
• rcsinfo: The rcsinfo file.
• taginfo: The taginfo file.
• users: The users file.
• val-tags: The val-tags file.
• verifymsg: The verifymsg file.