Remote repositories

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Remote repositories
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   Your working copy of the sources can be on a different machine than
the repository.  Using CVS in this manner is known as "client/server"
operation.  You run CVS on a machine which can mount your working
directory, known as the "client", and tell it to communicate to a
machine which can mount the repository, known as the "server".
Generally, using a remote repository is just like using a local one,
except that the format of the repository name is:

     :METHOD:USER@HOSTNAME:/path/to/repository

   The details of exactly what needs to be set up depend on how you are
connecting to the server.

   If METHOD is not specified, and the repository name contains `:',
then the default is `ext' or `server', depending on your platform; both
are described in See Connecting via rsh.

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