Fossil SCM

Replaced "countless Git users" in point about detached heads within fossil-v-git doc with a link to a Google web search that currently returns ~389000 results. So not countless at all; just very, very large. :)

wyoung 2020-01-17 17:23 trunk
Commit e472ad36d663230b677b7b769f7ebf3e261a682cd4f0a74f8d56b809bb01467e
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Fossil DVCS]" for more details.)
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Leaf check-ins in Git that lack a "ref" become "detached," making them
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difficult to locate and subject to garbage collection. This
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[http://gitfaq.org/articles/what-is-a-detached-head.html|detached head
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-state] problem has caused untold grief for countless Git users. With
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+state] problem has caused untold grief for
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+[https://www.google.com/search?q=git+detached+head+state | a huge number
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+of Git users]. With
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Fossil, detached heads are simply impossible because we can always find
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our way back into the block chain using one or more of the relational
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indices it automatically manages for you.
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This design difference shows up in several other places within each
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--- www/fossil-v-git.wiki
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@@ -269,11 +269,13 @@
269 Fossil DVCS]" for more details.)
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271 Leaf check-ins in Git that lack a "ref" become "detached," making them
272 difficult to locate and subject to garbage collection. This
273 [http://gitfaq.org/articles/what-is-a-detached-head.html|detached head
274 state] problem has caused untold grief for countless Git users. With
 
 
275 Fossil, detached heads are simply impossible because we can always find
276 our way back into the block chain using one or more of the relational
277 indices it automatically manages for you.
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279 This design difference shows up in several other places within each
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--- www/fossil-v-git.wiki
+++ www/fossil-v-git.wiki
@@ -269,11 +269,13 @@
269 Fossil DVCS]" for more details.)
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271 Leaf check-ins in Git that lack a "ref" become "detached," making them
272 difficult to locate and subject to garbage collection. This
273 [http://gitfaq.org/articles/what-is-a-detached-head.html|detached head
274 state] problem has caused untold grief for
275 [https://www.google.com/search?q=git+detached+head+state | a huge number
276 of Git users]. With
277 Fossil, detached heads are simply impossible because we can always find
278 our way back into the block chain using one or more of the relational
279 indices it automatically manages for you.
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281 This design difference shows up in several other places within each
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