[BLU/Officers] source control on cheyenne

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Quite a while ago I replaced RCS with git on cheyenne on those
directories where we had been using rcs. There is really no problem I
have with rcs except that it is no longer in favor.
Git maintains its changes in the ./.git directory
Unlike RCS you do not have to check anything out unless you are creating
a new branch or retrieving an old file.
To check a file in:
git commit -m"comment" <file name[s]>
or for all files.
git commit -am"comment"

Other useful git commands
git status # lists what files are not committed or any files in the
directory that have not been added to the repo
git diff <filename>
git add <file name[s]> # adds a file, but does not commit.

There are other commands, but these are the ones you will use most often.
The big difference is that you never need to checkout and lock a file.

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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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