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26 <h3>Obtaining the MITgcm Source using CVS</h3>
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28
29 <h4>Using CVS "pserver" for Anonymous Access</h4>
30
31 <p>The most convenient way to get local copies of the MITgcm source code is
32 to use the CVS "pserver" mechanism. This method only allows you to "check
33 out" (or obtain a local copy) of the source. It does not provide a
34 mechanism for "committing" or "checking in" changes (please see below).
35 Using CVS pserver from the command line requires just a three commands.
36 Using a Bourne, "bash", or "sh-compatible" shell they are:</p>
37
38 <pre>
39 $ export CVSROOT=':pserver:cvsanon@mitgcm.org:/u/gcmpack'
40 $ cvs login
41 ( enter the CVS password: "cvsanon" )
42 $ cvs co MITgcm
43 </pre>
44
45 <p>Using a "C", "csh", or "tcsh" shell the commands are:</p>
46
47 <pre>
48 $ setenv CVSROOT ':pserver:cvsanon@mitgcm.org:/u/gcmpack'
49 $ cvs login
50 ( enter the CVS password: "cvsanon" )
51 $ cvs co MITgcm
52 </pre>
53
54 <p>A large amount of additional (optional!) content can be obtained from the
55 MITgcm_contrib directory that can be checked out using:
56
57 <pre>
58 $ cvs co MITgcm_contrib
59 </pre>
60
61 In general, we do not recommend checking out all of MITgcm_contrib since
62 it takes a long time to download (particularly from remote locations) and
63 much of it is specific to certain setups (eg. high-res setups,
64 in-development material that is not yet part of the "main" code,
65 etc.).</p>
66
67 <p>Note that you will only need to perform the "cvs login" once. And for
68 convenience, you may want to add the CVSROOT variable to your shell's
69 environment (that is, define it within your "~/.bashrc" or "~/.chsrc"
70 files).</p>
71
72
73 <h4>Getting Parts of the Source "Tree"</h4>
74
75 <p>The above commands demonstrate how to check out all of the MITgcm code
76 and the "contributed" (that is, unsupported by occasionally useful)
77 information within the "MITgcm_contrib" directory. In many cases, this is
78 overkill and can result in long download times. To reduce the volume of
79 information downloaded and thereby speedup the download times, one can
80 select one of the following pre-defined "aliases" that will provide a
81 sub-set of the entire MITgcm source "tree":</p>
82
83 <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="10" width="90%" summary="CVS
84 aliases">
85 <tr bgcolor="#00cccc">
86 <td width="25%">Alias Name</td>
87 <td>Information (directories) Contained</td>
88 </tr>
89 <tr bgcolor="#bbffdd">
90 <td width="25%">MITgcm_code</td>
91 <td>Only the source code -- none of the verification examples.</td>
92 </tr>
93 <tr bgcolor="#bbddff">
94 <td width="25%">MITgcm_verif_basic</td>
95 <td>Source code plus a small set of the verification examples
96 ("global_ocean.90x40x15", "aim.5l_cs", "hs94.128x64x5",
97 "front_relax", and "plume_on_slope").</td>
98 </tr>
99 <tr bgcolor="#bbffdd">
100 <td width="25%">MITgcm_verif_atmos</td>
101 <td>Source code plus all of the atmospheric examples.</td>
102 </tr>
103 <tr bgcolor="#bbddff">
104 <td width="25%">MITgcm_verif_ocean</td>
105 <td>Source code plus all of the oceanic examples.</td>
106 </tr>
107 <tr bgcolor="#bbffdd">
108 <td width="25%">MITgcm_verif_all</td>
109 <td>Source code plus all of the verification examples.</td>
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122
123 <p>It is important to note that the CVS aliases above cannot be used in
124 conjunction with the CVS <i>-d DIRNAME</i> option. However, the MITgcm
125 directories they create can be changed to a different name following the
126 check-out:</p>
127 <pre>
128 $ cvs co MITgcm_verif_basic
129 $ mv MITgcm MITgcm_verif_basic
130 </pre>
131
132 <h4>Getting Specific Releases or "Checkpoints"</h4>
133
134 <p>As shown within the <a
135 href="http://mitgcm.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/MITgcm/doc/tag-index"> CVS
136 Code Browser</a>, the MITgcm code is continuously undergoing updates. At
137 points during the development (typically, after work has been done and the
138 source code has passed the <a href="testing/latest.html">verification
139 tests</a>), a release or checkpoint "tag" is created. These tags are a
140 convenient mechanism for referring to different times or points within the
141 development. One can check out these versions using the "-r TAG_NAME" CVS
142 option such as: </p>
143
144 <pre>
145 $ cvs co -r release1_p5 MITgcm
146 $ cvs co -r checkpoint52a_post MITgcm
147 </pre>
148
149 <p>By default (that is, when no tag is specified), CVS will retrieve the
150 latest version of all files.</p>
151
152
153 <h4>Show changes that YOU have made</h4>
154
155 <p>If you are running into difficulties it is very useful to see the changes
156 that you yourself have made since obtaining the code. From within
157 your working directory:</p>
158
159 <pre>
160 cvs diff
161 </pre>
162
163
164 <p>will show the differences between your version and the version that you
165 checked out. It acts recursively on all directories below your current
166 directory. You can limit the operation to just one file or directory by
167 specifying those as arguments:</p>
168
169 <pre>
170 cvs diff <i>file</i>
171 </pre>
172
173
174 <h4>Show changes to the repository that you don't have</h4>
175
176 <p>The source code evolves continuously and you should try to stay up to
177 date. To see what needs to be updated:</p>
178
179 <pre>
180 cvs -n update
181 </pre>
182
183 <p>behaves just as "cvs update" but doesn't actually change anything. This
184 is a useful way of summarizing the state of your code. The meaning of the
185 output is summarized in the next topic.</p>
186
187 <h4>Getting updates from the repository</h4>
188
189 <p>You can download and merge updates from the repository to bring you
190 working code up to date:</p>
191
192 <pre>
193 cvs update -d -P
194 </pre>
195
196 <p>will work recursively on all files in the current directory and below.
197 To update just a specific file or directory:</p>
198
199 <pre>
200 cvs update <i>file</i>
201 </pre>
202
203 <p>You can also update to a specific version, just as you could check out
204 a specific version.</p>
205
206 <pre>
207 cvs update -d -P -r release1_p5
208 </pre>
209
210 <p>If you checked out a specific version and want to update to the very
211 latest use the -A option will remove associated with a specific version as
212 follows:</p>
213
214 <pre>
215 cvs update -d -P -A
216 </pre>
217
218 <p>"cvs update" produces output to the terminal with the following
219 meanings:</p>
220
221 <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="10" width="90%" summary="CVS
222 update codes">
223 <tr bgcolor="#00cccc">
224 <td width="20%">Return Code</td>
225 <td>Description</td>
226 </tr>
227 <tr bgcolor="#bbffdd">
228 <td width="20%">U <i>file</i></td>
229 <td>indicates that <i>file</i> was brought up to date with the
230 repository or that it exists in the repository but not in your work
231 space</td>
232 </tr>
233 <tr bgcolor="#bbddff">
234 <td width="20%">P <i>file</td>
235 <td>does exactly as above but uses the "patch" method</td>
236 </tr>
237 <tr bgcolor="#bbffdd">
238 <td width="20%">M <i>file</i></td>
239 <td>means the <i>file</i> was modified in your work space. Any
240 additional changes from the repository were merged in
241 successfully</td>
242 </tr>
243 </tr>
244 <tr bgcolor="#bbddff">
245 <td width="20%">C <i>file</i></td>
246 <td>means a merge is necessary because both the your copy and the
247 repository have changed <b>but</b> there is a conflict between the
248 changes</td>
249 </tr>
250 <tr bgcolor="#bbffdd">
251 <td width="20%">? <i>file</i></td>
252 <td>means the file exists in your work space but not on the
253 repository</td>
254 </tr>
255 </table>
256
257 <p>When conflicts arise, the sections of code are both kept and surrounded
258 by &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;, ===== and >>>>> indicators. You need to examine
259 these lines of the files and resolve the conflict.</p>
260
261 <h4>Wow! CVS is so good, where can I learn more?</h4>
262
263 <p>The <a href="http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs/doc/cvs_toc.html">basic
264 manual</a> is a good reference. There is also an <a
265 href="http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/project/gnu/doc/html/cvs_toc.html">online
266 tutorial</a> as well as an <a
267 href="http://www.loria.fr/~molli/cvs/cvstrain/cvstrain.html">training
268 manual</a>. For those who prefer the good old fashioned book there's <a
269 href="http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/">"Open Source Development With
270 CVS"</a>.</p>
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