Fossil SCM

Replaced the mention of "fossil branch new" in the Quick Start doc with a link to the section of the gitusers doc which explains why this is not the recommended way of working with Fossil. Both options remain documented, but now we bring Git expats to the place where many of their _other_ questions are most likely to be answered.

wyoung 2025-03-30 11:18 trunk
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them and fails if local changes exist unless the <tt>--force</tt>
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flag is used.
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<h2 id="branch" name="merge">Branching And Merging</h2>
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-Use the --branch option to the [/help/commit | commit] command
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-to start a new branch. Note that in Fossil, branches are normally
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-created when you commit, not before you start editing. You can
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-use the [/help/branch | branch new] command to create a new branch
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-before you start editing, if you want, but most people just wait
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-until they are ready to commit.
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+Use the --branch option to the [/help/commit | commit] command to start
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+a new branch at the point of need. ([./gitusers.md#bneed | Contrast git].)
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To merge two branches back together, first
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[/help/update | update] to the branch you want to merge into.
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Then do a [/help/merge|merge] of the other branch that you want to incorporate
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the changes from. For example, to merge "featureX" changes into "trunk"
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410 them and fails if local changes exist unless the <tt>--force</tt>
411 flag is used.
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413 <h2 id="branch" name="merge">Branching And Merging</h2>
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415 Use the --branch option to the [/help/commit | commit] command
416 to start a new branch. Note that in Fossil, branches are normally
417 created when you commit, not before you start editing. You can
418 use the [/help/branch | branch new] command to create a new branch
419 before you start editing, if you want, but most people just wait
420 until they are ready to commit.
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422 To merge two branches back together, first
423 [/help/update | update] to the branch you want to merge into.
424 Then do a [/help/merge|merge] of the other branch that you want to incorporate
425 the changes from. For example, to merge "featureX" changes into "trunk"
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--- www/quickstart.wiki
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@@ -410,16 +410,12 @@
410 them and fails if local changes exist unless the <tt>--force</tt>
411 flag is used.
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413 <h2 id="branch" name="merge">Branching And Merging</h2>
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415 Use the --branch option to the [/help/commit | commit] command to start
416 a new branch at the point of need. ([./gitusers.md#bneed | Contrast git].)
 
 
 
 
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418 To merge two branches back together, first
419 [/help/update | update] to the branch you want to merge into.
420 Then do a [/help/merge|merge] of the other branch that you want to incorporate
421 the changes from. For example, to merge "featureX" changes into "trunk"
422

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