Questions tagged [fossil]

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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Unable to use fossil through SSH, results in segmentation fault

I'm trying to use Fossil on my shared sever through SSH. I've taken the following steps: Created the folder fossil (in my user root, which gives the path /fossil/) Uploaded the linux build of Fossil in /fossil/ Gave both the fossil folder and file…
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Fossil: recognise changes while repo closed

I know, I should only change files in a project, when the repository is opened. But I now tried to see what happens when I change a file when the repo is closed, because I will often do that, because I'm going to forget to open repos. It's…
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Fossil: "not a valid repository" - deleted repository

I'm trying fossil for the first time, and messed it up within minutes. I created a repository, then apparently ran commands in the wrong folders etc., eventually deleted the test repository, in order to restart. (Somewhere I had read that fossil was…
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