Fossil SCM

I hope I haven't just missed this in the documentation, but I can't find how to check out a complete set of code according to a global revision number (like subversion) or to a timestamp (like CVS).

I would sincerely appreciate such a feature being added, if it is lacking, since unfortunately the Sqlite project has migrated away from CVS into Fossil.

drh added on 2009-09-16 14:42:26:
Check-out complete code by the hexadecimal (SHA1-hash prefix) version number as follows:

wget http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/zip/FILENAME.zip?uuid=VERSION

Change FILENAME and VERSION in the above as appropriate for what you want to do.

There is no way to get a ZIP Archive based on just the date. (That is problematic because there could be multiple branches and forks going all at once.) But you can get a timeline of check-ins that occur around a certain date by pointing your web-browser at a URL like the following:

[http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/timeline?c=2009-08-01]

Adjust the date at the end of the URL as appropriate, of course.

altufaltu added on 2009-09-16 17:05:00:
I think ability to specify a combination of date/time and branch name (default to trunk) in fossil open and fossil update command would be helpful.

I understand that other clones may have different data but given a local version of repository, this option will be helpful to go back and forth in time.

Please consider this request.

• Altu