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Fossil is a distributed version control system that includes source control management, bug-tracker, wiki, and forum in a single executable.

Fossil requires minimal configuration, is cross-platform, and includes a builtin web interface and server. The fossil web site pages are generated by an instance of Fossil itself.

Fossil is most notably used by the open-source software project SQLite, which was also created by Fossil's creator, D. Richard Hipp.

Getting Started

  1. Download the latest version of Fossil available for your platform.
  2. Read the Fossil Concepts and Fossil Quick Start Guide, and begin experimenting with Fossil.

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What do people think of the fossil DVCS?

fossil http://www.fossil-scm.org I found this recently and have started using it for my home projects. I want to hear what other people think of this VCS. What is missing in my mind, is IDE support. Hopefully it will come, but I use the command…
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Are there sites hosting fossil repositories?

A given source-code management system is most useful to the developer community if there are good quality providers of repository hosting, and for open-source development it essential that this hosting is free and unencumbered. All the…
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GUI for Fossil SCM

Are there any GUIs for fossil? I've been getting used to the idea of source control for solo projects, and having an interface for the commands in fossil would help. Something simple that helps browse for files, or open + close. Google has turned up…
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What is a stash?

I have googled and searched in various places for a while, but have not found a good answer. What is a stash, and what is it used for? (Source of confusion: using beautiful Fuel with Fossil, clicked the "Stash changes" button, see files in there…
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How to fix a ticket with a commit in Fossil

So, I think in Redmine/Git it is possible to fix an issue using the commit comment: git commit -m "Fixes #123" Is something like this possible in Fossil? How?
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Distributed bug tracker to go with DVC

We've pretty much licked the whole distributed thing for version control at this point. I'm not saying everything's perfect, but, from hereon out, it's mostly just a matter of continuing what has already been started. Distributed bug tracking,…
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How to emulate 'git stash' in fossil, bzr?

Is it possible to emulate the behavior of 'git stash' when using fossil/bzr? Basically I'm interested in handling the following workflow: at some point the source code tree has state X, it is commited I proceed to writing new code, I write it for a…
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Relational database backend for mercurial or git

What I like about fossil is that it uses plain old sqlite to store changesets, files, etc. I can use its command line tool to query the repository, but if I want something not supported by it, I can fallback to writing an sql query. Mercurial and…
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FossilSCM, ignoring files on add

I've done some research, but honestly can't seem to figure this out. You can set some set some options to have fossil extras ignore files, but not fossil add? The configuration options through the web interface is great, and I'm pleased that it…
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Hesitating between git and fossil

Newbie to Fossil (or any other version control system) here. Used a proprietary one earlier, but never set one up myself. Currently, I am looking to set one up so that my friends and I can use it for a project. I chose Fossil primarily because…
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Renaming directories with the Fossil DVCS

Is it possible to rename directories with Fossil? I've tried the obvious command: fossil mv oldname newname Fossil then informs me that it has done something: RENAME oldname newname However, calling "fossil changes" results in an empty list. As…
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Is it possible to export from Fossil SCM into some other DVCS?

For many years I used Darcs as my only DVCS...some time ago I explored Monotone which I like as well. However, the main problem with both is the lack of complete hosting solutions. Fossil looks as interesting option (although we don't like its use…
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Easy-to-backup version control for windows single developer

I really need to get started with source control because I'm going absolutely crazy keeping track of my code and modifications as it is. I'm a single developer on Windows. I use Eclipse for most of my development. Some of my projects are saved in…
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Fossil: repository does not exist or is in an unreadable directory?

I have 2 local repos on my notebook. The first one is Fresh.fossil (http://chiselapp.com/user/johnfound/repository/FreshIDE/), located in C:\FASM\STUFFS, and the second one is book.fossil (http://clone:clone255@www.fossil-scm.org/schimpf-book…
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How can I use fossil (DVCS) in a home environment?

I'm trying fossil as my new VCS, since I'm a lone developer working on small projects. I started testing fossil but I encountered a (probably major newbie) problem. How does one push or pull to another directory (which is easy on Hg). Fossil pull or…
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