Version Control

Dotsrc.org give project owners access to a version control repository based on either CVS or (in the future) SVN (Subversion). This article describes how project members can get access to the repository and how users can use anonymous access (if project is configured to allow this) to download development versions of the project.

Anonymous Access to CVS Repositories

Dotsrc.org offers anonymous read access to projects which uses the Concurrent Versions System (CVS). The allows you access to the currently checked in version of the project along with access to prevous version. More information about CVS can be found at www.cvshome.org.

How do I make a anonymous CVS checkout?

To do it you must have a CVS client. A number of CVS clients exists (see www.cvshome.org) but in this guide we will assume the command line CVS client.

You first have to log into the CVS server. This is done issuing the following command:

> cvs -d :pserver:cvs@sunsite.dk:/pack/anoncvs login
(Logging in to username@sunsite.dk)
CVS password:

The password for the anonymous account is "cvs" (without quotes).

To make a checkout of a project repository issue the following command:

> cvs -d :pserver:cvs@sunsite.dk:/pack/anoncvs co project-name

project-name is the name of the project to checkout.


We are not currently providing SVN hosting, but we are however working on it. An ETA will be posted when we are getting closer.

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