CVS Repository or Other Source Control

[Monkeyman]

Is it possible for me to set up a CVS repository or some other form of source control in the webspace I have here? If so, I would love to get any tips from anyone who has them, as I have never tried anything like this before.

[jason]

CVS is available on the server, however to access it through a CVS client like WinCVS you'll need to set up an SSH tunnel. That means that only you will be able to access the repository unless you give your site's password out to your other developers (assuming you have any).

I started setting up CVS on my account one time but I never really got it to work and kind of dropped it. If you get it working please let me know what you did.

There also used to be some kind of project management app that you could auto install with CPanel. I remember it had some kind of file checkout system, but I don't know how good it was. I'm not sure it is still even available, but if you take a look at Sorce Forge or someplace similar I'm sure you'll be able to find something.

Good luck.

--Jason

[gerilya]

To make it short, all you need is to
1. SSH into your account and create CVS repository
2. configure your CVS client to use SSH tunnel by setting
a) CVSROOT to :ext:USERNAME@DOMAINNAME:PATHTOCVS
where USERNAME is the user name you use to SSH into your account, DOMAINNAME is your domain name and PATHTOCVS is a path to CVS repository.
b) CVS_RSH to ssh
(or in some cases, the full path to ssh program)

Optionally, you can set up sec. certificates for passwordless access.

Here is a useful link: http://www.wincvs.org/ssh.html