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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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Distributed Revision Control, Wiki, and Bug-Tracking all in one

I know about Fossil but are there any alternatives? Something small and easy to install/configure.
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Unable to create a new fossil repo, fossil beginner

I figured I would check out fossil for some small apps I have to complete. I am not new to DVCS as I have used CVS, subversion, mercurial, and git. After installing on my Mac (10.7), using homebrew, I am left with the following when attempting to…
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Maintaining a clone of a git repository

I want to make a clone of a github repostitory in a (self-hosted) bitbucket server and from time to time pull the latest changes from the github repository. In our clone we're going to do some experimental stuff which will never leave our…
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Does Fossil-Scm have the ability to add new ticket statuses?

Is it possible to add new status codes to Fossil SCM besides Fixed,Tested,Closed etc?
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Use Fossil for system files?

As a new user of Fossil, I'm curious if there are any negative implications with using Fossil to store things like /etc/, /usr/local/etc files from Unix like systems like FreeBSD & OpenBSD. If I'm doing this for multiple systems, I think I'd create…
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Full text search in Fossil

Are there any way to search in fossil repository for code wiki pages Fossil's documentation claims there is a search command available in UI: /search but I cannot figure out how to use it.
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Fossil SCM - Revert to a specific revision like Mercurial

While using Mercurial if I want to change the current working copy with a specific revision I just do: $> hg revert good_revision $> hg commit -m "Now I'm in the good revision" Then I can see that all my files are int the good_revision state and…
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Fossil SCM: Merge leafs back to trunk

I have been working for some time with Fossil SCM but I still see something I don't quite get. In the screenshot you can see that I have two Leaves that are present in the repository, but sadly I can't find the way to merge them back into trunk (is…
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Can fossil reserve executable mode on my shell script?

I use fossil to keep my shell script. But If I check in it and use it cross Windows & Linux, then the executable permission is missing of my shell script. How to add it back like svn's property setting?
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What is the typical workflow with fossil, especially compared to that of git?

For git, "A successful Git branching model" gives great advice. I want to give Fossil a shot, and it seems to be very compatible with git (the most striking difference (of SCM features) I noticed so far is the denial of git-rebase's functionality,…
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Create Fossil repository from existing project files

I'd expect this to be explained in the beginner's quick start guide, because almost everyone who starts with fossil will have projects that he wants to start managing with fossil. Yet I could not find an explanation anywhere in the…
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FOSSIL (version control system) does not add .htaccess files. Why?

I have a website with many .htaccess files in it. But fossil does not save them in repo when I use addremove. Instead, I have to add each htaccess file by hand (using the add command). What is happening? Fossil 1.22 (2012-03-17 17:53:25), Win32.
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How to remove a repository in Fossil?

Yepp, I'm quite new to Fossil… During my experiments I've faced a problem: fossil all info command lists all and every repos ever touched here including those removed/deleted/dropped/erased/got-rid-of quite obviously failing like that *************…
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how can I enable Markdown in fossil tickets

Fossil docs says that markdown can be used in tickets as well. But I do not manage to turn it on. https://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/tktview/35343257ffd02ba47880 reports a similar problem.
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How to push Fossil local repository to remote hosting

It would be great if you could help me with one thing. I'm using Fossil as my version manager. Using this on my PC is not a problem but when I try to push it to remote repository I can't. Here's the thing: When inside folder with my repository I…
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