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Inside the repository, in the directory
&lsquo;<tt>$CVSROOT/CVSROOT</tt>&rsquo;, there are a number of
supportive files for <small>CVS</small>.  You can use <small>CVS</small> in a limited
fashion without any of them, but if they are set up
properly they can help make life easier.  For a
discussion of how to edit them, see [[cvs: The administrative files#The administrative files|Intro administrative files]].

The most important of these files is the &lsquo;<tt>modules</tt>&rsquo;
file, which defines the modules inside the repository.

 [[cvs: The modules file#The modules file|&bull; modules]]::                     Defining modules
 [[cvs: The cvswrappers file#The cvswrappers file|&bull; Wrappers]]::                    Specify binary-ness based on file name
 [[cvs: The commit support files#The commit support files|&bull; commit files]]::                The commit support files (commitinfo,
                                 verifymsg, editinfo, loginfo)
 [[cvs: Rcsinfo#Rcsinfo|&bull; rcsinfo]]::                     Templates for the log messages
 [[cvs: Ignoring files via cvsignore#Ignoring files via cvsignore|&bull; cvsignore]]::                   Ignoring files via cvsignore
 [[cvs: The checkoutlist file#The checkoutlist file|&bull; checkoutlist]]::                Adding your own administrative files
 [[cvs: The history file#The history file|&bull; history file]]::                History information
 [[cvs: Expansions in administrative files#Expansions in administrative files|&bull; Variables]]::                   Various variables are expanded
 [[cvs: The CVSROOT%47config configuration file#The CVSROOT/config configuration file|&bull; config]]::                      Miscellaneous CVS configuration

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