Fossil SCM

Enhancement to the Fossil-to-Git export documentation. Fix for ticket [c34c31ccb27812343].

drh 2015-02-21 15:25 trunk
Commit a996b69961d490f6c72028e18ad4caa1ccda4144
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since the git-fast-export file format is currently the only VCS interchange
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format that Fossil will generate. However,
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future versions of Fossil might add the ability to generate other
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VCS interchange formats, and so for compatibility, the use of the --git
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option recommented.
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+An anonymous user sends this comment:
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+<blockquote>
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+The main Fossil branch is called "trunk", while the main git branch is
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+called "master". After you've exported your FOSSIL repo to git, you won't
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+see any files and gitk will complain about a missing "HEAD". You can
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+resolve this problem by merging "trunk" with "master"
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+(first verify using git status that you are on the "master" branch):
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+<tt>git merge trunk</tt>
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+</blockquote>
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--- www/inout.wiki
+++ www/inout.wiki
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48 since the git-fast-export file format is currently the only VCS interchange
49 format that Fossil will generate. However,
50 future versions of Fossil might add the ability to generate other
51 VCS interchange formats, and so for compatibility, the use of the --git
52 option recommented.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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--- www/inout.wiki
+++ www/inout.wiki
@@ -48,5 +48,16 @@
48 since the git-fast-export file format is currently the only VCS interchange
49 format that Fossil will generate. However,
50 future versions of Fossil might add the ability to generate other
51 VCS interchange formats, and so for compatibility, the use of the --git
52 option recommented.
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54 An anonymous user sends this comment:
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56 <blockquote>
57 The main Fossil branch is called "trunk", while the main git branch is
58 called "master". After you've exported your FOSSIL repo to git, you won't
59 see any files and gitk will complain about a missing "HEAD". You can
60 resolve this problem by merging "trunk" with "master"
61 (first verify using git status that you are on the "master" branch):
62 <tt>git merge trunk</tt>
63 </blockquote>
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