To add a new repository to the nightly checkout: su to ftpcvs Checkout the repository. All of the CVS information is preserved, so be sure to use an anonymous ID. CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvs/REPOSITORY Edit tarsend.sh and add the module name to the top of the file where the others are listed. This will happen automatically every night. Logging is done to /subversions/snapshots/logfile.txt .