hpr2564 :: Intro to Fossil
Klaatu talks about the Fossil version control system
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fossil, sqlite, svn, git, scm.
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Some shownotes for fossil
Create a new fossil repository:
$ fossil new shownotes
Add your work to the repository:
$ fossil add shownotes.html
Commit your work:
$ fossil commit --comment "added shownote HTML file"
As a fun exercise, destroy your work.
$ echo "klaatu said this was perfectly safe" > shownotes.html
$ cat shownotes.html
klaatu said this was perfectly safe
And now revert it back to the last known good version:
$ fossil revert shownotes.html
REVERT shownotes.html
$ head -n1 shownotes.html
<p>Some shownotes for fossil<p>
Did you accidentally revert? You can undo that.
$ fossil undo shownotes.html
And then revert again.
$ fossil revert shownotes.html
REVERT shownotes.html
$ head -n1 shownotes.html
<p>Some shownotes for fossil<p>
Check your remote:
$ fossil remote-url
Close a fossil repo:
$ fossil close
See the fancy browser-based UI of your repo:
$ fossil ui