Fossil SCM

Added info about althttpd to footnote 2 in fossil-v-git.wiki, which gives details about the web serving configuration of fossil-scm.org.

wyoung 2019-08-07 08:41 trunk
Commit 5866461ef0feb1907940c40d0ede67cb699942d224c007ac79a1fa26e55ea6e4
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--- www/fossil-v-git.wiki
+++ www/fossil-v-git.wiki
@@ -598,15 +598,21 @@
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for example.
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<li><p>The <tt>fossil-scm.org</tt> web site is actually hosted in
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several parts, so that it is not strictly true that "everything" on
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it is in the self-hosting Fossil project repo. The web forum is
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- hosted as a separate Fossil repo from the code for administration
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- reasons, and the Download page content isn't normally sync'd with a
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- "<tt>fossil clone</tt>" command unless you add the "-u" option.
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- See the description of [./aboutdownload.wiki|how download is implemented]
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- for details.
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+ hosted as [https://fossil-scm.org/forum/|a separate Fossil repo]
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+ from the [https://fossil-scm.org/fossil/|main Fossil self-hosting
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+ repo] for administration reasons, and the Download page content
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+ isn't normally sync'd with a "<tt>fossil clone</tt>" command unless
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+ you add the "-u" option. (See "[./aboutdownload.wiki|How the
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+ Download Page Works]" for details.) There may also be some purely
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+ static elements of the web site served via D. Richard Hipp's own
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+ lightweight web server,
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+ <tt>[https://sqlite.org/docsrc/doc/trunk/misc/althttpd.md|althttpd]</tt>,
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+ which is configured as a front end to Fossil running in CGI mode on
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+ these sites.
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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
@@ -598,15 +598,21 @@
598 for example.
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600 <li><p>The <tt>fossil-scm.org</tt> web site is actually hosted in
601 several parts, so that it is not strictly true that "everything" on
602 it is in the self-hosting Fossil project repo. The web forum is
603 hosted as a separate Fossil repo from the code for administration
604 reasons, and the Download page content isn't normally sync'd with a
605 "<tt>fossil clone</tt>" command unless you add the "-u" option.
606 See the description of [./aboutdownload.wiki|how download is implemented]
607 for details.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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609 <li><p>Both Fossil and Git support
610 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_(Unix)|<tt>patch(1)</tt>
611 files], a common way to allow drive-by contributions, but it's a
612 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
@@ -598,15 +598,21 @@
598 for example.
599
600 <li><p>The <tt>fossil-scm.org</tt> web site is actually hosted in
601 several parts, so that it is not strictly true that "everything" on
602 it is in the self-hosting Fossil project repo. The web forum is
603 hosted as [https://fossil-scm.org/forum/|a separate Fossil repo]
604 from the [https://fossil-scm.org/fossil/|main Fossil self-hosting
605 repo] for administration reasons, and the Download page content
606 isn't normally sync'd with a "<tt>fossil clone</tt>" command unless
607 you add the "-u" option. (See "[./aboutdownload.wiki|How the
608 Download Page Works]" for details.) There may also be some purely
609 static elements of the web site served via D. Richard Hipp's own
610 lightweight web server,
611 <tt>[https://sqlite.org/docsrc/doc/trunk/misc/althttpd.md|althttpd]</tt>,
612 which is configured as a front end to Fossil running in CGI mode on
613 these sites.
614
615 <li><p>Both Fossil and Git support
616 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_(Unix)|<tt>patch(1)</tt>
617 files], a common way to allow drive-by contributions, but it's a
618 lossy contribution path for both systems. Unlike Git PRs and Fossil
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