Fossil SCM

Adapt man-page to wording in index.wiki, + fix typo

jan.nijtmans 2015-02-18 20:07 trunk
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Features as described on the fossil home page.
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-.B Bug Tracking And Wiki
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+.B Integrated Bug Tracking, Wiki, & Technotes
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- In addition to doing distributed version control like Git and
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-Mercurial, Fossil also supports distributed bug tracking, distributed
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-wiki, and a distributed blog mechanism all in a single integrated
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-package.
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+Mercurial, Fossil also supports bug tracking, wiki, and technotes.
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-.B Web Interface
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-- Fossil has a built-in and easy-to-use web interface that simplifies
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-project tracking and promotes situational awareness. Simply type
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-"fossil ui" from within any check-out and Fossil automatically opens
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-your web browser in a page that gives detailed graphical history and
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+.B Built-in Web Interface
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+- Fossil has a built-in and intuitive web interface that promotes
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+project situational awareness. Type "fossil ui" and Fossil automatically
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+opens a web browser to a page that shows detailed graphical history and
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status information on that project.
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3.
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+.B Self-Contained
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+- Fossil is a single self-contained stand-alone executable. To install,
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+simply download a precompiled binary for Linux, Mac, OpenBSD, or Windows
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+and put it on your $PATH. Easy-to-compile source code is available for
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+users on other platforms.
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+
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+.HP
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+4.
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+.B Simple Networking
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+- No custom protocols or TCP ports. Fossil uses plain old HTTP (or HTTPS
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+or SSH) for all network communications, so it works fine from behind
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+restrictive firewalls, including proxies. The protocol is bandwidth
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+efficient to the point that Fossil can be used comfortably over dial-up.
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+
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+.HP
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+5.
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+.B CGI/SCGI Enabled
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+- No server is required, but if you want to set one up, Fossil supports
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+four simple server configurations.
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+
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+.HP
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+6.
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.B Autosync
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- Fossil supports "autosync" mode which helps to keep projects moving
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forward by reducing the amount of needless forking and merging often
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associated with distributed projects.
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-.HP
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-4.
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-.B Self-Contained
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-- Fossil is a single stand-alone executable that contains everything
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-needed to do configuration management. Installation is trivial: simply
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-download a precompiled binary for Linux, Mac, or Windows and put it on
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-your $PATH. Easy-to-compile source code is available for users on
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-other platforms. Fossil sources are also mostly self-contained,
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-requiring only the "zlib" library and the standard C library to build.
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-
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-.HP
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-5.
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-.B Simple Networking
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-- Fossil uses plain old HTTP (with proxy support) for all network
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-communications, meaning that it works fine from behind restrictive
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-firewalls. The protocol is bandwidth efficient to the point that
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-Fossil can be used comfortably over a dial-up internet connection.
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-
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-.HP
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-6.
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-.B CGI/SCGI Enabled
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-- No server is required to use fossil. But a server does make
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-collaboration easier. Fossil supports three different yet simple
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-server configurations. The most popular is a 2-line CGI script. This
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-is the approach used by the self-hosting fossil repositories.
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-
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.B Robust & Reliable
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- Fossil stores content using an enduring file format in an SQLite
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database so that transactions are atomic even if interrupted by a
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-power loss or system crash. Furthermore, automatic self-checks verify
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-that all aspects of the repository are consistent prior to each
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-commit. In over three years of operation, no work has ever been lost
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-after having been committed to a Fossil repository.
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+power loss or system crash. Automatic self-checks verify that all
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+aspects of the repository are consistent prior to each commit. In
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+over seven years of operation, no work has ever been lost after
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+having been committed to a Fossil repository.
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.SH DOCUMENTATION
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http://www.fossil-scm.org/
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.br
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.B fossil
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41 Features as described on the fossil home page.
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43 .HP
44 1.
45 .B Bug Tracking And Wiki
46 - In addition to doing distributed version control like Git and
47 Mercurial, Fossil also supports distributed bug tracking, distributed
48 wiki, and a distributed blog mechanism all in a single integrated
49 package.
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51 .HP
52 2.
53 .B Web Interface
54 - Fossil has a built-in and easy-to-use web interface that simplifies
55 project tracking and promotes situational awareness. Simply type
56 "fossil ui" from within any check-out and Fossil automatically opens
57 your web browser in a page that gives detailed graphical history and
58 status information on that project.
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60 .HP
61 3.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
62 .B Autosync
63 - Fossil supports "autosync" mode which helps to keep projects moving
64 forward by reducing the amount of needless forking and merging often
65 associated with distributed projects.
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67 .HP
68 4.
69 .B Self-Contained
70 - Fossil is a single stand-alone executable that contains everything
71 needed to do configuration management. Installation is trivial: simply
72 download a precompiled binary for Linux, Mac, or Windows and put it on
73 your $PATH. Easy-to-compile source code is available for users on
74 other platforms. Fossil sources are also mostly self-contained,
75 requiring only the "zlib" library and the standard C library to build.
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77 .HP
78 5.
79 .B Simple Networking
80 - Fossil uses plain old HTTP (with proxy support) for all network
81 communications, meaning that it works fine from behind restrictive
82 firewalls. The protocol is bandwidth efficient to the point that
83 Fossil can be used comfortably over a dial-up internet connection.
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85 .HP
86 6.
87 .B CGI/SCGI Enabled
88 - No server is required to use fossil. But a server does make
89 collaboration easier. Fossil supports three different yet simple
90 server configurations. The most popular is a 2-line CGI script. This
91 is the approach used by the self-hosting fossil repositories.
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93 .HP
94 7.
95 .B Robust & Reliable
96 - Fossil stores content using an enduring file format in an SQLite
97 database so that transactions are atomic even if interrupted by a
98 power loss or system crash. Furthermore, automatic self-checks verify
99 that all aspects of the repository are consistent prior to each
100 commit. In over three years of operation, no work has ever been lost
101 after having been committed to a Fossil repository.
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103 .SH DOCUMENTATION
104 http://www.fossil-scm.org/
105 .br
106 .B fossil
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41 Features as described on the fossil home page.
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43 .HP
44 1.
45 .B Integrated Bug Tracking, Wiki, & Technotes
46 - In addition to doing distributed version control like Git and
47 Mercurial, Fossil also supports bug tracking, wiki, and technotes.
 
 
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49 .HP
50 2.
51 .B Built-in Web Interface
52 - Fossil has a built-in and intuitive web interface that promotes
53 project situational awareness. Type "fossil ui" and Fossil automatically
54 opens a web browser to a page that shows detailed graphical history and
 
55 status information on that project.
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57 .HP
58 3.
59 .B Self-Contained
60 - Fossil is a single self-contained stand-alone executable. To install,
61 simply download a precompiled binary for Linux, Mac, OpenBSD, or Windows
62 and put it on your $PATH. Easy-to-compile source code is available for
63 users on other platforms.
64
65 .HP
66 4.
67 .B Simple Networking
68 - No custom protocols or TCP ports. Fossil uses plain old HTTP (or HTTPS
69 or SSH) for all network communications, so it works fine from behind
70 restrictive firewalls, including proxies. The protocol is bandwidth
71 efficient to the point that Fossil can be used comfortably over dial-up.
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73 .HP
74 5.
75 .B CGI/SCGI Enabled
76 - No server is required, but if you want to set one up, Fossil supports
77 four simple server configurations.
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79 .HP
80 6.
81 .B Autosync
82 - Fossil supports "autosync" mode which helps to keep projects moving
83 forward by reducing the amount of needless forking and merging often
84 associated with distributed projects.
85
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
86 .HP
87 7.
88 .B Robust & Reliable
89 - Fossil stores content using an enduring file format in an SQLite
90 database so that transactions are atomic even if interrupted by a
91 power loss or system crash. Automatic self-checks verify that all
92 aspects of the repository are consistent prior to each commit. In
93 over seven years of operation, no work has ever been lost after
94 having been committed to a Fossil repository.
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96 .SH DOCUMENTATION
97 http://www.fossil-scm.org/
98 .br
99 .B fossil
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[./stats.wiki | bandwidth efficient] to the point that Fossil can be
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used comfortably over dial-up.
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5. <b>CGI/SCGI Enabled</b> - No server is required, but if you want to
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set one up, Fossil supports four simple
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- simple [./server.wiki | server configurations].
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+ [./server.wiki | server configurations].
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6. <b>Autosync</b> -
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Fossil supports [./concepts.wiki#workflow | "autosync" mode]
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which helps to keep projects moving
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forward by reducing the amount of needless
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--- www/index.wiki
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67 [./stats.wiki | bandwidth efficient] to the point that Fossil can be
68 used comfortably over dial-up.
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70 5. <b>CGI/SCGI Enabled</b> - No server is required, but if you want to
71 set one up, Fossil supports four simple
72 simple [./server.wiki | server configurations].
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74 6. <b>Autosync</b> -
75 Fossil supports [./concepts.wiki#workflow | "autosync" mode]
76 which helps to keep projects moving
77 forward by reducing the amount of needless
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--- www/index.wiki
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67 [./stats.wiki | bandwidth efficient] to the point that Fossil can be
68 used comfortably over dial-up.
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70 5. <b>CGI/SCGI Enabled</b> - No server is required, but if you want to
71 set one up, Fossil supports four simple
72 [./server.wiki | server configurations].
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74 6. <b>Autosync</b> -
75 Fossil supports [./concepts.wiki#workflow | "autosync" mode]
76 which helps to keep projects moving
77 forward by reducing the amount of needless
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