Let's assume you have project files stored in the folder ~/Projects/MyProject that you want to place under CVS control. In the following commands, be sure and replace any reference to this location to the one that is appropriate for your project.

1. cd ~/Projects/MyProject
2. cvs -d /Users/Shared/cvs-repository import -m "Initial project import" MyProject vendor_tag release_tag where vendor_tag is a symbolic name for the branch and release_tag is a symbolic name for the release. In this example you might your MYPROJECT_DIST as the vendor_tag and R_0001 as the release_tag.