The commit Command
The commit command saves the changes of the current working files into the repository. When you save a file in
your working directory, it does not affect the repository. Source files in the repository are independent of
your local files. With commit, you can save changes made to a local file into the repository, where the file is
saved as a later revision of the original source file. For example, to save the original and changed files with
revision numbers, such as 1.1 and 1.2, the syntax is:
$ cvs commit –m "New text file" new.txt
various options that you can use with the Commit command:
| Options | Description |
| -l | Retrieves files from the current working directory. |
| -R | Commits directories recursively. |
| -r | Commits revision. |
| -F | Retrieves log messages from files. |
