Let say we have the following directory structure

• project
  • one
  • two

1. add the root directory (project) 

   cvs add project 

2. cvs ci project

3. cd project

4. find all directories

   find . -type d -print | grep -v CVS | xargs cvs add

5. cvs ci

6. find all files other than CVS and .

   find . -type f -print | grep -v CVS | grep "^\.\/" |xargs cvs add

7. cvs ci