Other Tools

Several additional tools are provided on Apple’s developer CD-ROM.

Concurrent Versions System (CVS) This is a common open-source tool for text file version control. More information about CVS is available at http://www.gnu.org/software/cvs/cvs.html. CVS is installed with Apple’s developer tools. Source code for many large projects, including Mac OS X itself, is controlled with CVS. The Concurrent in the name is a reference to the fact that unlike many other version control tools, CVS allows multiple developers to edit the same file at the same time. If conflicts arise between the different versions, a tool like the FileMerge application described in this section is used to reconcile the differences. CVS is installed in /usr/bin ...

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