To check out epic5 (the equivalent of “cvs co epic5”)

• git clone https://git.epicsol.org/epic5.git

To check out epic4 (the equivalent of “cvs co epic4”)

• git clone https://git.epicsol.org/epic4.git

To update (the equivalent of “cvs update”)

• git pull

To create a patch (if you're doing stuff locally)

• git diff -u –no-color

I don't intend to use branches, you can always just do 'git pull' to get the latest changes.