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[Quick Tip] How to check out a specific branch in a CVS directory

January 12, 2012 By Abhishek Prakash Leave a Comment

Suppose you want to checkout “branch_name” branch of directory “directory_name” in CVS from scratch. Here is how to do it:

cvs login 
cvs co -r branch_name directory_name

If you want to switch to a specific branch with update:

cvs update -r branch_name

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About Abhishek Prakash

Abhishek Prakash is the founder of Computer And You. He takes a keen interest in day-to-day computer life and wishes to share his experience with others to make their computer experience better and easier. He is also a regular Linux author at Make Tech Easier.

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