FossilSCM Guide

Reference documentation for Fossil SCM, bundled with your FossilRepo installation.

Supported in FossilRepo Partial support Not yet supported

Getting Started

Quick Start Guide Building from Source Core Concepts FAQ

Version Control

Check-in Overview Branching Merging Delta Format

Built-in Features

Wiki Ticket System Forum (read from Fossil + Django write) Email Alerts Chat (not yet — multiple approaches under evaluation)

Administration

Server Setup (FossilRepo replaces native server) Sync Protocol Backups File Format

Reference

Changelog Command Reference TH1 Scripting (native Fossil only) Fossil vs Git Hash Policy Embedded Docs

FossilRepo Additions

Features added by FossilRepo beyond native Fossil:

Git mirror sync (GitHub/GitLab) MCP server for AI tools JSON API + batch operations Agent workspaces + task claiming CI status checks + SVG badges Webhooks with HMAC signing Org roles + project-level RBAC Release management with archives SQLite schema explorer Custom ticket fields + SQL reports

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