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In some situations it is a good idea to have more than
one repository, for instance if you have two
development groups that work on separate projects
without sharing any code. All you have to do to have
several repositories is to set $CVSROOT to the
repository you want to use at the moment.
There are disadvantages to having more than one
repository. In CVS 1.3 you must make sure
that $CVSROOT always points to the correct
repository. If the same filename is used in two
repositories, and you mix up the setting of
$CVSROOT, you might lose data. CVS 1.4
solves this problem by saving the repository
information in the local `CVS' administration
files. If you try to use the wrong repository,
CVS will warn you of the attempt and then exit.
Notwithstanding, it can be confusing to have two or more repositories.
All examples in this manual assume that you have a single repository.
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