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--- mitgcm.org/front_content/using_cvs.xml 2011/05/11 17:45:01 1.14
+++ mitgcm.org/front_content/using_cvs.xml 2012/07/05 22:30:36 1.15
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</head>
<body>
-
+
<center>
<h3>Obtaining the MITgcm Source using CVS</h3>
</center>
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@
</pre>
<h4>Getting Specific Releases or "Checkpoints"</h4>
-
- <p>As shown within the
+
+ <p>As shown within the
<!-- <a href="http://mitgcm.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/MITgcm/doc/tag-index">CVS Code Browser</a> -->
<a href="http://mitgcm.org/viewvc/MITgcm/MITgcm/doc/tag-index">CVS Code Browser</a>
, the MITgcm code is continuously undergoing updates. At
@@ -157,8 +157,13 @@
</pre>
<p>By default (that is, when no tag is specified), CVS will retrieve the
- latest version of all files.</p>
+ latest version of all files. To download an older version corresponding
+ to a specific time, e.g., May 1rst, 2008, at 5pm, one can use the "-D"
+ CVS option as follows: </p>
+<pre>
+ $ cvs co -P -D "2008-05-01 17:00" MITgcm
+</pre>
<h4>Show changes that YOU have made</h4>
@@ -227,7 +232,7 @@
<p>"cvs update" produces output to the terminal with the following
meanings:</p>
-
+
<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="10" width="90%" summary="CVS
update codes">
<tr bgcolor="#00cccc">
@@ -270,8 +275,8 @@
<h4>Wow! CVS is so good, where can I learn more?</h4>
- <p>The <a
- href="http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/gnu/doc/html/cvs_toc.html">basic
+ <p>The <a
+ href="http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/gnu/doc/html/cvs_toc.html">basic
manual</a> is a good reference.
For those who prefer the good old fashioned book there's
<a href="http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/">"Open Source Development With CVS"</a>.</p>
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