Fossil SCM

Tightened up footnote 1 in fossil-v-git to delegate its points more fully to the new mirrorlimitations.md doc.

wyoung 2019-08-07 01:00 trunk
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<h3>Asides and Digressions</h3>
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<i><small><ol>
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- <li><p>Git does not include a wiki, a ticket tracker, a forum, or a
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- tech-note feature, so those elements will not transfer when
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- exporting from Fossil to Git. GitHub adds some of these to stock
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+ <li><p>[./mirrorlimitations.md|Many
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+ things are lost] in making a Git mirror of a Fossil repo due to
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+ limitations of Git relative to Fossil. GitHub adds some of these
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+ missing features to stock
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Git, but because they're not part of Git proper,
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[./mirrortogithub.md|exporting a Fossil repository to GitHub] will
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still not include them; Fossil tickets do not become GitHub issues,
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- for example. See further discussion in the
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- [./mirrorlimitations.md|Limitations on Git Mirrors] document</p></li>
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+ for example.
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<li><p>Both Fossil and Git support
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_(Unix)|<tt>patch(1)</tt>
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files], a common way to allow drive-by contributions, but it's a
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lossy contribution path for both systems. Unlike Git PRs and Fossil
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--- www/fossil-v-git.wiki
+++ www/fossil-v-git.wiki
@@ -581,18 +581,18 @@
581 <hr/>
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583 <h3>Asides and Digressions</h3>
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585 <i><small><ol>
586 <li><p>Git does not include a wiki, a ticket tracker, a forum, or a
587 tech-note feature, so those elements will not transfer when
588 exporting from Fossil to Git. GitHub adds some of these to stock
 
589 Git, but because they're not part of Git proper,
590 [./mirrortogithub.md|exporting a Fossil repository to GitHub] will
591 still not include them; Fossil tickets do not become GitHub issues,
592 for example. See further discussion in the
593 [./mirrorlimitations.md|Limitations on Git Mirrors] document</p></li>
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595 <li><p>Both Fossil and Git support
596 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_(Unix)|<tt>patch(1)</tt>
597 files], a common way to allow drive-by contributions, but it's a
598 lossy contribution path for both systems. Unlike Git PRs and Fossil
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--- www/fossil-v-git.wiki
+++ www/fossil-v-git.wiki
@@ -581,18 +581,18 @@
581 <hr/>
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583 <h3>Asides and Digressions</h3>
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585 <i><small><ol>
586 <li><p>[./mirrorlimitations.md|Many
587 things are lost] in making a Git mirror of a Fossil repo due to
588 limitations of Git relative to Fossil. GitHub adds some of these
589 missing features to stock
590 Git, but because they're not part of Git proper,
591 [./mirrortogithub.md|exporting a Fossil repository to GitHub] will
592 still not include them; Fossil tickets do not become GitHub issues,
593 for example.
 
594
595 <li><p>Both Fossil and Git support
596 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_(Unix)|<tt>patch(1)</tt>
597 files], a common way to allow drive-by contributions, but it's a
598 lossy contribution path for both systems. Unlike Git PRs and Fossil
599

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