Fossil SCM

Updated the stats in §2.8 on the length of the description of `fossil merge` vs the Git alternatives.

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--- www/fossil-v-git.wiki
+++ www/fossil-v-git.wiki
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concepts to keep track of in your mental model of Fossil's internal
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operation.
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Fossil's implementation of the feature is also simpler to describe. The
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brief online help for <tt>[/help/merge | fossil merge]</tt> is
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-currently 41 lines long, to which you want to add the 600 lines of
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+currently 50 lines long, to which you want to add the ~800 lines of
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[./branching.wiki | the branching document]. The equivalent
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documentation in Git is the aggregation of the man pages for the above
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-three commands, which is over 1000 lines, much of it mutually redundant.
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+three commands, which is approaching 1400 lines as of this writing, much of it mutually redundant.
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(e.g. Git's <tt>--edit</tt> and <tt>--no-commit</tt> options get
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described three times, each time differently.) Fossil's
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documentation is not only more concise, it gives a nice split of brief
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online help and full online documentation.
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--- www/fossil-v-git.wiki
+++ www/fossil-v-git.wiki
@@ -844,14 +844,14 @@
844 concepts to keep track of in your mental model of Fossil's internal
845 operation.
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847 Fossil's implementation of the feature is also simpler to describe. The
848 brief online help for <tt>[/help/merge | fossil merge]</tt> is
849 currently 41 lines long, to which you want to add the 600 lines of
850 [./branching.wiki | the branching document]. The equivalent
851 documentation in Git is the aggregation of the man pages for the above
852 three commands, which is over 1000 lines, much of it mutually redundant.
853 (e.g. Git's <tt>--edit</tt> and <tt>--no-commit</tt> options get
854 described three times, each time differently.) Fossil's
855 documentation is not only more concise, it gives a nice split of brief
856 online help and full online documentation.
857
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--- www/fossil-v-git.wiki
+++ www/fossil-v-git.wiki
@@ -844,14 +844,14 @@
844 concepts to keep track of in your mental model of Fossil's internal
845 operation.
846
847 Fossil's implementation of the feature is also simpler to describe. The
848 brief online help for <tt>[/help/merge | fossil merge]</tt> is
849 currently 50 lines long, to which you want to add the ~800 lines of
850 [./branching.wiki | the branching document]. The equivalent
851 documentation in Git is the aggregation of the man pages for the above
852 three commands, which is approaching 1400 lines as of this writing, much of it mutually redundant.
853 (e.g. Git's <tt>--edit</tt> and <tt>--no-commit</tt> options get
854 described three times, each time differently.) Fossil's
855 documentation is not only more concise, it gives a nice split of brief
856 online help and full online documentation.
857
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