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diff --git a/development/fossil/README b/development/fossil/README index 3e14b50b03..af0f5691e7 100644 --- a/development/fossil/README +++ b/development/fossil/README @@ -3,32 +3,33 @@ created by D. Richard Hipp, the primary author of SQLite. Features: -- tamper-proof artifact record -- simple command-line interface -- customizable web interface with JSON, RSS, CGI, wiki, and forum -- online project documentation with full-text search capability -- online activity and ticket reports -- user accounts with access controls -- coherent versioning across all files -- straightforward branching and merging -- bisect searches to pinpoint behavior changes +- Tamper-proof artifact record +- Simple command-line interface +- Customizable web interface with JSON, RSS, CGI, wiki, chat, and forum +- Online project documentation with full-text search capability +- Integrated PIC-like markup language for creating diagrams +- Online activity and ticket reports +- User accounts with access controls +- Coherent versioning across all files +- Straightforward branching and merging +- Bisect searches to pinpoint behavior changes - SHA3-256 and hardened SHA1 checksums - FUSE filesystem makes all historical and branch revisions available -- synchronization via http, https, ssh, and local/network filesystems -- automated replication and backup -- git import/export and Subversion/CVS import -- nested checkouts to share common subtrees across related projects -- checkout directory not cluttered with administrative files -- support for Docker -- unversioned file area for builds, statistics, other ephemeral content -- optional PGP signing of commits -- users can subscribe to email alerts to be notified of event types -- private branch which are excluded from syncs until published -- bundles group a change set (e.g. a private branch) into a single file -- users can make their own repositories, no need for special privileges -- works in Windows as well as Linux and other Unix-like systems - -Fossil can host the entire project development website, including the +- Synchronization via http, https, ssh, and local/network filesystems +- Automated replication and backup +- Git import/export and Subversion/CVS import +- Nested checkouts to share common subtrees across related projects +- Checkout directory not cluttered with administrative files +- Support for Docker +- Unversioned file area for builds, statistics, other ephemeral content +- Optional PGP signing of commits +- Users can subscribe to email alerts to be notified of events +- Private branches which are excluded from syncs until published +- Bundles group a change set (e.g. a private branch) into a single file +- Users can make their own repositories, no need for special privileges +- Works in Windows as well as Linux and other Unix-like systems + +Fossil can host an entire project development website, including the download area, but it also can be used for individual projects with no need for a shared server. @@ -48,11 +49,28 @@ See Fossil in action online: Key technical points: -- unified revision history tree spans the entire repository -- repository is a collection of artifacts identified by their checksums -- artifacts are broadly grouped into content and structural artifacts -- each check-in is tracked as a structural artifact known as a manifest -- manifests primarily list the full names and checksums of each file -- manifests can be amended by subsequent control artifacts -- in most cases, symbolic names refer to the latest matching check-in -- branches are implemented using propagating symbolic tags +- Unified revision history tree spans the entire repository +- Repository is a collection of artifacts identified by their checksums +- Artifacts are broadly grouped into content and structural artifacts +- Each check-in is tracked as a structural artifact known as a manifest +- Manifests primarily list the full names and checksums of each file +- Manifests can be amended by subsequent control artifacts +- In most cases, symbolic names refer to the latest matching check-in +- Branches are implemented using propagating symbolic tags + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +This SlackBuild script installs not only release versions of Fossil but +also arbitrary development versions. If the current directory contains +a file named "fossil-src.tar.gz", it is used as the source archive, and +the check-in timestamp is used as the version string. For example, the +package name could be "fossil-20200320T040201-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz". + +To download the latest trunk development version of Fossil, type: +$ wget https://fossil-scm.org/home/tarball/fossil-src.tar.gz + +To download a specific version of Fossil, type: +$ wget https://fossil-scm.org/home/tarball/$VERSION/fossil-src.tar.gz + +For more information about the allowable $VERSION formats, see: +https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/checkin_names.wiki |