Fossil SCM

Reworked the "Log" section of the gitusers.md doc from forum feedback, for clarity, and to add more info on command abbreviation.

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fossil pull
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fossil up -n
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fossil diff --from tip
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-Instead of the “dry run” form of [the “`update` command][up], you can
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+To invert the direction of the `diff`, say instead:
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+ fossil diff --from current --to tip
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+Rather than use the “dry run” form of [the `update` command][up], you can
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say:
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fossil timeline after current
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…or if you want to restrict the output to the current branch:
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fossil timeline descendants current
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Note the use of [human-readable symbolic version names][scin] rather than
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-cryptic notations. (But if you like brief commands, you can abbreviate
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-the last one as `fossil tim desc curr`.) You might need to add `-n 0` to
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-these commands to bypass the default limit on `timeline` output, 20
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+cryptic notations.
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+If you prefer brief commands, Fossil lets you abbreviate the last one as
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+far as “`fossil tim d c`”, beyond which the `timeline` command becomes
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+ambiguous with `ticket`. Some of the core Fossil developers set
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+“`alias f=fossil`” in their command shell or symlink the `fossil`
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+executable to `f` so that the command becomes rather obscure:
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+“`f tim d c`”.
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+You might need to add `-n 0` to
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+these `fossil timeline` commands to bypass the default output limit, 20
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entries.
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-To invert the direction of the `diff` command above, say instead:
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- fossil diff --from current --to tip
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[up]: /help?cmd=update
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<a id="btnames"></a>
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## Branch And Tag Names
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603 fossil pull
604 fossil up -n
605 fossil diff --from tip
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607 Instead of the “dry run” form of [the “`update` command][up], you can
 
 
 
 
608 say:
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610 fossil timeline after current
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612 …or if you want to restrict the output to the current branch:
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614 fossil timeline descendants current
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616 Note the use of [human-readable symbolic version names][scin] rather than
617 cryptic notations. (But if you like brief commands, you can abbreviate
618 the last one as `fossil tim desc curr`.) You might need to add `-n 0` to
619 these commands to bypass the default limit on `timeline` output, 20
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
620 entries.
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622 To invert the direction of the `diff` command above, say instead:
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624 fossil diff --from current --to tip
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626 [up]: /help?cmd=update
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629 <a id="btnames"></a>
630 ## Branch And Tag Names
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603 fossil pull
604 fossil up -n
605 fossil diff --from tip
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607 To invert the direction of the `diff`, say instead:
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609 fossil diff --from current --to tip
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611 Rather than use the “dry run” form of [the `update` command][up], you can
612 say:
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614 fossil timeline after current
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616 …or if you want to restrict the output to the current branch:
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618 fossil timeline descendants current
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620 Note the use of [human-readable symbolic version names][scin] rather than
621 cryptic notations.
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623 If you prefer brief commands, Fossil lets you abbreviate the last one as
624 far as “`fossil tim d c`”, beyond which the `timeline` command becomes
625 ambiguous with `ticket`. Some of the core Fossil developers set
626 “`alias f=fossil`” in their command shell or symlink the `fossil`
627 executable to `f` so that the command becomes rather obscure:
628 “`f tim d c`”.
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630 You might need to add `-n 0` to
631 these `fossil timeline` commands to bypass the default output limit, 20
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634 [up]: /help?cmd=update
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637 <a id="btnames"></a>
638 ## Branch And Tag Names
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