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CVS

I’ve spent most of the morning checking in changes to my application here at work. I’ve found a pretty good process that helps me makes sure that the comments that go into CVS represent what has changed in the code.

  • Use CVL to identify changed files.
  • Open the file in FileMerge to see the differences between versions.
  • I have an OmniOutliner document for tracking change notes.
  • I go through the diff in FileMerge, and put my comments in the outline under the filename.
  • When done, I paste the comments from OmniOutliner into the comments field when checking in the code.