Fossil SCM

Tweaks to the 101-reasons document.

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<https://fossil-scm.org/home/timeline?t=release>.
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1. **Fossil has a built-in wiki**.<p>
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Wiki pages are stored in the same repository file as your code, so that
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they push, pull, sync, and clone together with your code.
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+ <p>
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+ Git does not itself have a wiki. The various Git forges usually add
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+ wikis, and store the wiki content in Git, though in a separate
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+ Git repository. There is no option to store the wiki and source code
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+ together such that they clone and sync as one, in the Git ecosystem.
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1. **Fossil can associate a wiki page with a particular check-in.**<p>
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Rather than including an oversized check-in comment on an
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important check-in (such as the merge of a big new feature), Fossil
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allows you to assign a wiki page to that check-in. That wiki page
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The current library of skins are mostly derived from custom skins that
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users of Fossil have created over the years and generously donated
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to the project. If none of the default skins work for you, you can
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create your own, perhaps using one of the existing skins as a template.
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- 1. **Most Fossil web-interface skins include a hamburger (☰) menu.**<p>
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+ 1. **Most Fossil web-interface skins include a detailed hamburger
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+ (☰) menu.**<p>
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Clicking on the hamburger menu brings up a dropdown "site-map"
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page that lets you quickly navigate to the information you want.
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(Note: The presence and operation of the hamburger menu is a
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skin-specific feature and might not be available on every skin, but
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- it is used on the more popular skins.) Curiously, none of GitHub,
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- GitLab, Gitea, nor Forgejo have a hamburger menu, which in my
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- experience makes those sites harder to navigate.
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+ it is used on the more popular skins.) Git itself has nothing like
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+ this. The various Git forges sometimes have a limited hamburger
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+ menu, that it is not nearly as complete. I find it difficult to
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+ locate the screens I want without consulting an AI.
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1. **The Fossil web interface /sitemap page is responsive to
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individual user permissions and capabilities.**<p>
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Each user on the Fossil web interface, including the special
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user "nobody" used if no login is attempted, has
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--- www/hundredandone.md
+++ www/hundredandone.md
@@ -187,10 +187,15 @@
187 <https://fossil-scm.org/home/timeline?t=release>.
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189 1. **Fossil has a built-in wiki**.<p>
190 Wiki pages are stored in the same repository file as your code, so that
191 they push, pull, sync, and clone together with your code.
 
 
 
 
 
192
193 1. **Fossil can associate a wiki page with a particular check-in.**<p>
194 Rather than including an oversized check-in comment on an
195 important check-in (such as the merge of a big new feature), Fossil
196 allows you to assign a wiki page to that check-in. That wiki page
@@ -767,18 +772,20 @@
767 The current library of skins are mostly derived from custom skins that
768 users of Fossil have created over the years and generously donated
769 to the project. If none of the default skins work for you, you can
770 create your own, perhaps using one of the existing skins as a template.
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772 1. **Most Fossil web-interface skins include a hamburger (☰) menu.**<p>
 
773 Clicking on the hamburger menu brings up a dropdown "site-map"
774 page that lets you quickly navigate to the information you want.
775 (Note: The presence and operation of the hamburger menu is a
776 skin-specific feature and might not be available on every skin, but
777 it is used on the more popular skins.) Curiously, none of GitHub,
778 GitLab, Gitea, nor Forgejo have a hamburger menu, which in my
779 experience makes those sites harder to navigate.
 
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781 1. **The Fossil web interface /sitemap page is responsive to
782 individual user permissions and capabilities.**<p>
783 Each user on the Fossil web interface, including the special
784 user "nobody" used if no login is attempted, has
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--- www/hundredandone.md
+++ www/hundredandone.md
@@ -187,10 +187,15 @@
187 <https://fossil-scm.org/home/timeline?t=release>.
188
189 1. **Fossil has a built-in wiki**.<p>
190 Wiki pages are stored in the same repository file as your code, so that
191 they push, pull, sync, and clone together with your code.
192 <p>
193 Git does not itself have a wiki. The various Git forges usually add
194 wikis, and store the wiki content in Git, though in a separate
195 Git repository. There is no option to store the wiki and source code
196 together such that they clone and sync as one, in the Git ecosystem.
197
198 1. **Fossil can associate a wiki page with a particular check-in.**<p>
199 Rather than including an oversized check-in comment on an
200 important check-in (such as the merge of a big new feature), Fossil
201 allows you to assign a wiki page to that check-in. That wiki page
@@ -767,18 +772,20 @@
772 The current library of skins are mostly derived from custom skins that
773 users of Fossil have created over the years and generously donated
774 to the project. If none of the default skins work for you, you can
775 create your own, perhaps using one of the existing skins as a template.
776
777 1. **Most Fossil web-interface skins include a detailed hamburger
778 (☰) menu.**<p>
779 Clicking on the hamburger menu brings up a dropdown "site-map"
780 page that lets you quickly navigate to the information you want.
781 (Note: The presence and operation of the hamburger menu is a
782 skin-specific feature and might not be available on every skin, but
783 it is used on the more popular skins.) Git itself has nothing like
784 this. The various Git forges sometimes have a limited hamburger
785 menu, that it is not nearly as complete. I find it difficult to
786 locate the screens I want without consulting an AI.
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788 1. **The Fossil web interface /sitemap page is responsive to
789 individual user permissions and capabilities.**<p>
790 Each user on the Fossil web interface, including the special
791 user "nobody" used if no login is attempted, has
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