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=== The history file ===
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The file &lsquo;<tt>$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history</tt>&rsquo; is used
to log information for the <code>history</code> command
(see [[cvs: history--Show status of files and users#history&mdash;Show status of files and users|history]]).  This file must be created to turn
on logging.  This is done automatically if the
<code>cvs init</code> command is used to set up the
repository (see [[cvs: Creating a repository#Creating a repository|Creating a repository]]).

The file format of the &lsquo;<tt>history</tt>&rsquo; file is
documented only in comments in the <small>CVS</small> source
code, but generally programs should use the <code>cvs
history</code> command to access it anyway, in case the
format changes with future releases of <small>CVS</small>.

This document was generated on <i>a sunny day</i> using [http://www.nongnu.org/texi2html/ <i>texi2html</i>].
