How do I check out my own copy of the main page with CVS?
Christopher Brooks, 14 Apr 2005
Last updated: 7 Sep 2011

The main page is under CVS access. To update the main page, you need administrative privileges in the trust workgroup. To request permission, go to Options and request administrative access in the trust workgroup.

Once you have been granted administrative privileges in the trust workgroup, obtain CVS access, and then you can check out your own working copy by using either the command line, Tortoise CVS or WinCVS.

Using the command line to check out the website

Under bash:

export CVS_RSH=ssh

Under csh

setenv CVS_RSH ssh

and then

cvs -d :ext:source.eecs.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs_trust co trustwww

Then, use either WinCVS, the command line or TortoiseCVS to check out a copy onto your local machine.

Tortoise CVS vs. WinCVS

Under Windows 7, Tortoise CVS may have problems, so we suggest trying Tortoise CVS first and if, after a reboot, the right click menus are not visible, then install WinCVS, which may be downloaded via http://cvsgui.sourceforge.net/download.html.

If WinCVS prompts you to install TCL or Python, then it is ok to click the "Don't show me this window again" checkbox. Editing the website pages does not require TCL or Python.

Try Tortoise CVS first, if it works then there is no need to try WinCVS

Using Tortoise CVS to check out the website

1. Download and install Tortoise CVS.
   If you are feeling brave, then instead of rebooting during installation, use the Windows task manager to kill the explorer.exe process, then use File | New Task (Run . . .) to start explorer. Or, reboot.
2. Go to the directory where you would like to check out the tree, right click and select "CVS Checkout"
3. In the "TortoiseCVS - Checkout Module" window, set
   CVSROOT to

   :ssh:source.eecs.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs_trust
   

   
   If your login is different on your current machine than on the source, try:

   :ssh:yoursourcelogin@source.eecs.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs_trust
   

   Note that we used to use :ext: instead of :ssh:. If :ssh: does not work, try :ext:.

   Set Module to

   trustwww
   

   Then hit the "OK" button.

Below is a screen shot

Further information

For additional information about using CVS, see:

How do I edit pages in a group with the "CVS Authoring" option?