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CVS utilities for use in working directories. Version 0.2.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

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install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install cvsutils

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install cvsutils

Debian stable package indexes · cvsutils · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install cvsutils

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · cvsutils · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

overview

Package summary

CVS utilities for use in working directories

Commands and aliases

  • cvschroot
  • cvsco
  • cvsdiscard
  • cvsdo
  • cvspurge
  • cvstrim
  • cvsu

history

Project history and usage

CVS Utilities is a small collection of mostly Perl scripts for managing CVS working directories, especially when a developer wants useful local status, cleanup, and patch workflows without contacting the CVS server.

Project history

The official page credits Tom Tromey with the original code and Pavel Roskin with later changes. Its current public release line culminates in version 0.2.6, released on 2013-05-31.

The project grew around CVS's client-server model. CVS keeps full version history on the server while the client working directory contains the checked-out files and derived build products, so CVS Utilities focused on the local working-copy side: finding tracked and untracked files, purging generated files, changing CVS administrative metadata, and producing cleaner patches.

Adoption history

CVS Utilities reflects the era when CVS was described by its own project page as the de facto version-control system for open source software, even while the page advised new projects to consider Subversion. Its adoption was tied to developers maintaining CVS trees over both slow and fast network connections, where local inspection and cleanup commands saved time.

How it is used

The tools are used inside CVS working directories to inspect local file state, erase or move derived files, switch CVS root metadata, discard local changes, run CVS commands over discovered files, and create patches with less irrelevant backup-file, RCS-path, or ChangeLog noise than a raw cvs diff workflow.

Why package nerds care

The package is interesting because it preserves the tooling culture around CVS rather than CVS itself. Its small command-line helpers document the practical friction of centralized version control before distributed systems became dominant.

Timeline

  • 1990s-2000s: CVS working-copy workflows become common in open-source development.
  • 2013: CVS Utilities 0.2.6 is released on 2013-05-31.
  • 2013: The official project page documents the scripts, closed mailing list, and maintainer credits.

Related projects

  • CVS Utilities is directly tied to CVS and its working-copy administrative files.
  • The official page mentions Subversion as the recommended alternative for new projects at the time the page was written.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
cvschrootcliglobal executable
cvscocliglobal executable
cvsdiscardcliglobal executable
cvsdocliglobal executable
cvspurgecliglobal executable
cvstrimcliglobal executable
cvsucliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.2.6
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://www.red-bean.com/cvsutils/

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.red-bean.com/cvsutils/none confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:cvsutils
Version0.2.6
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/cvsutils
Homepagehttps://www.red-bean.com/cvsutils/
Upstream docshttps://www.red-bean.com/cvsutils
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://www.red-bean.com/cvsutils/releases/cvsutils-0.2.6.tar.gz
Uses from macOSperl
Bottleavailable (on all)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namecvsutils
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

cvsutils 0.2.6-1

CVS utilities for use in working directories

https://www.red-bean.com/cvsutils/

sudo apt install cvsutils
  • Section: vcs
  • Architecture: all
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cvsutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: cvsutils from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt95%

cvsutils 0.2.6-1

CVS utilities for use in working directories

https://www.red-bean.com/cvsutils/

sudo apt install cvsutils
  • Section: universe/devel
  • Architecture: all
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cvsutils
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cvsutils from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
dnf95%

cvsutils 0.2.6-25.fc44

CVS Utilities

http://www.red-bean.com/cvsutils

sudo dnf install cvsutils
  • License: GPL-3.0-or-later
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: cvsutils
  • 4 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Cvsutils
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: cvsutils from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Same workflow

  • cvsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cvs, developer-tools, version-control.
  • cvs-fast-exportShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cvs, developer-tools, version-control.
  • cvsyncShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cvs, developer-tools, version-control.
  • git-toolsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, utilities, version-control.
  • braidShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control.
  • breezyShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment