How to put code in the UserCode area

Some basic documentation is available from the CMS Workbook.

• First, develop the code in the usual fashion. Make sure it works and put it in a subdirectory of some known CMSSW tree. The folders have to exist in your working directory before you can run the cvs add command.
  Example: SKIM/CMSSW_2_1_0_pre7/src/RecoLocalMuon/CSCSkim
• Next, make a subdirectory exactly parallel to what you want to have in the UserCode area:
  public/UserCode/Schmitt/CSCSkim
• Go to the main directory
  cd public
  cvs co UserCode/README
  cd UserCode
• Make the same subdirectory in the CVS repository:
  cvs add Schmitt/CSCSkim
• Make standard set of subdirectories
  cd Schmitt/CSCSkim
  mkdir test
  mkdir src
  mkdir interface
  mkdir python
• Add them to the CVS repository.
  cd Schmitt/CSCSkim
  cvs add -m "first public version" test
  cvs add -m "first public version" src
  cvs add -m "first public version" interface
  cvs add -m "first public version" python
• Transfer your code, including the BuildFile, from your original developmental area to the parallel set of subdirectories under UserCode/
  cd src
  cp -v ~/SKIM/CMSSW_2_1_0_pre7/src/RecoLocalMuon/CSCSkim/src/* .
  cvs add -m "first public version" *
  etc.
  (Don't forget the BuildFile!)
• Commit the whole set of files
  cd public/UserCode
  cvs commit -m "first public version" Schmitt/CSCSkim
• You should see the code with the http://cmssw.cvs.cern.ch/cgi-bin/cmssw.cgi/UserCode/ browser.
• You can add TAG to your commited files by :
  cd public/UserCode/Schmitt
  cvs update
  cvs tag mytag_X_Y_Z CSCSkim

• Removing unneeded files from repository. Here is an example of removing several files:
  cd test
  rm *.c
  cvs remove
  cvs commit -m "Removed unneeded files"