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=== The history file ===

The file ‘`$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/history`’ is used to log information for the `history` command (see [[cvs: history--Show status of files and users#history—Show status of files and users|history]]). This file must be created to turn on logging. This is done automatically if the `cvs init` command is used to set up the repository (see [[cvs: Creating a repository#Creating a repository|Creating a repository]]).

The file format of the ‘`history`’ file is documented only in comments in the CVS source code, but generally programs should use the `cvs history` command to access it anyway, in case the format changes with future releases of CVS.

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