Fossil SCM

explained the clone command in a bit more detail (what it does and where to go from there)

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someplace on your PATH environment variable.</p>
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<h2>Cloning A Existing Repository</h2>
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<blockquote>
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+ <p>Cloning is the first step in checking out a repository,
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+ and is fossil's equivalent to making a local copy of a remote repository.</p>
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<p>Use this command:</p>
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<blockquote>
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<b>fossil clone</b> <i>URL repository-filename</i>
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clone the fossil repository this way:</p>
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<blockquote>
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<b>fossil clone http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil myclone.fsl</b>
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+ <p>Cloning only a local copy of the source tree (as a single file), but
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+ not something you can directly browse. After cloning, you can access
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+ the files in the repository using the <tt>open</tt> command,
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+ described below</p>
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<p>Note: If you are behind a restrictive firewall, you might need
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to <a href="#proxy">specify an HTTP proxy</a> to use.</p>
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</blockquote><h2>Starting A New Project</h2><blockquote>
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14 someplace on your PATH environment variable.</p>
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16 </blockquote>
17 <h2>Cloning A Existing Repository</h2>
18 <blockquote>
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20 <p>Use this command:</p>
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22 <blockquote>
23 <b>fossil clone</b> <i>URL repository-filename</i>
24 </blockquote>
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29 clone the fossil repository this way:</p>
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31 <blockquote>
32 <b>fossil clone http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil myclone.fsl</b>
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35 <p>Note: If you are behind a restrictive firewall, you might need
36 to <a href="#proxy">specify an HTTP proxy</a> to use.</p>
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38 </blockquote><h2>Starting A New Project</h2><blockquote>
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14 someplace on your PATH environment variable.</p>
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16 </blockquote>
17 <h2>Cloning A Existing Repository</h2>
18 <blockquote>
19 <p>Cloning is the first step in checking out a repository,
20 and is fossil's equivalent to making a local copy of a remote repository.</p>
21
22 <p>Use this command:</p>
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24 <blockquote>
25 <b>fossil clone</b> <i>URL repository-filename</i>
26 </blockquote>
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31 clone the fossil repository this way:</p>
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33 <blockquote>
34 <b>fossil clone http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil myclone.fsl</b>
35 </blockquote>
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37 <p>Cloning only a local copy of the source tree (as a single file), but
38 not something you can directly browse. After cloning, you can access
39 the files in the repository using the <tt>open</tt> command,
40 described below</p>
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42 <p>Note: If you are behind a restrictive firewall, you might need
43 to <a href="#proxy">specify an HTTP proxy</a> to use.</p>
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45 </blockquote><h2>Starting A New Project</h2><blockquote>
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