Essential CVS
By Jennifer Vesperman
Like a lot of software development companies, we at Burning Door use CVS to handle our source code management. I've been tempted to move over to subversion, which promises to overcome a lot of CVS's annoyances, but I'm too leery of the pre-1.0 status and general tool support.
So, as it is, I'm reading this relatively new book to see if I can pick up any new hints. I like revisiting familiar territory after a while (like reading the manual to your mobile phone after you've used it for a couple of months ... you're guaranteed some surprises).
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Well, I finished reading it. It was okay ... really more of a reference, not much more that you find in the Cederqvist. I was hoping for more on suggested strategies to employ, especially with branching and tagging. I think I found more useful information with the free resource "Open Source Development with CVS". Ah well, at least I can treat this as a printed reference.