dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <html> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <head> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <title>Fossil SCM Homepage</title> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: </head> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <body bgcolor="white"> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <h1>Fossil - A Software Configuration Management System</h1> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <p> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: This is a preliminary homepage for a new software configuration dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: management system called "Fossil". 0e265b0184 2007-08-01 drh: The system is c403f9dc40 2008-02-03 drh: <a href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/timeline">self-hosting</a> on e319e8e870 2007-08-25 drh: <a href="http://www.hwaci.com/cgi-bin/fossil/timeline">two separate servers</a>. 0e265b0184 2007-08-01 drh: You can download the lastest sources e319e8e870 2007-08-25 drh: compile it yourself using the instructions below. bbbee5fc37 2008-03-17 drh: Or you can grab bbbee5fc37 2008-03-17 drh: <a href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/download.html">precompiled binaries</a>. dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: </p> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: b807acf62e 2007-07-24 drh: <p>Design Goals For Fossil:</p> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <ul> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <li>Supports disconnected, distributed development (like dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4982">git</a>, 852dbbb65d 2008-02-13 drh: <a href="http://www.monotone.ca/">monotone</a>, dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi">mercurial</a>, or dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <a href="http://www.bitkeeper.com/">bitkeeper</a>) b807acf62e 2007-07-24 drh: or client/server operation (like dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <a href="http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/">CVS</a> or dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/">subversion</a>) dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: or both at the same time</li> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <li>Integrated bug tracking and wiki, along the lines of dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <a href="http://www.cvstrac.org/">CVSTrac</a> and dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <a href="http://www.edgewall.com/trac/">Trac</a>.</li> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <li>Built-in web interface that supports deep archaeological digs through dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: historical source code.</li> b110d77c36 2007-08-09 drh: <li>All network communication via b110d77c36 2007-08-09 drh: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP">HTTP</a> b110d77c36 2007-08-09 drh: (so that everything works from behind restrictive firewalls).</li> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <li>Everything included in a single self-contained executable - dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: trivial to install</li> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <li>Server runs as <a href="http://www.w3.org/CGI/">CGI</a>, using dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/inetd">inetd</a> or dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <a href="http://www.xinetd.org/">xinetd</a> or using its own built-in, dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: standalone web server.</li> b807acf62e 2007-07-24 drh: <li>An entire project contained in single disk file (which also dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: happens to be an <a href="http://www.sqlite.org/">SQLite</a> database.)</li> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <li>Trivial to setup and administer</li> b110d77c36 2007-08-09 drh: <li>Files and versions are identified by their b807acf62e 2007-07-24 drh: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-1">SHA1</a> signature.</a> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: Any unique prefix is sufficient to identify a file dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: or version - usually the first 4 or 5 characters suffice.</li> b807acf62e 2007-07-24 drh: <li>The file format is trival and requires nothing more complex b807acf62e 2007-07-24 drh: than a text editor and the "sha1sum" command-line utility to decode.</li> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <li>Automatic <a href="selfcheck.html">self-check</a> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: on repository changes makes it exceedingly dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: unlikely that data will ever be lost because of a software bug.</li> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: </ul> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: b807acf62e 2007-07-24 drh: <p>Objectives Of Fossil:</p> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <ul> 0cd202a86e 2007-08-23 drh: <li>Fossil should be ridiculously easy to 0cd202a86e 2007-08-23 drh: <a href="build.html">install</a> and 0cd202a86e 2007-08-23 drh: <a href="quickstart.html">operate</a>.</li> 0cd202a86e 2007-08-23 drh: <li>With fossil, it should be possible (and 0cd202a86e 2007-08-23 drh: <a href="quickstart.html#serversetup">easy</a>) to set up a project dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: on an inexpensive shared-hosting ISP dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: (example: <a href="http://www.he.net/hosting.html">Hurricane Electric</a>) 0cd202a86e 2007-08-23 drh: that provides nothing more than web space and CGI capability. 0cd202a86e 2007-08-23 drh: Here is <a href="http://www.hwaci.com/cgi-bin/fossil/timeline">a demo</a>.</li> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <li>Fossil should provide in-depth historical and status information about the dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: project through a web interface</li> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <li>The integration of <a href="http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki">Wiki</a> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: and the ability to safely support anonymous check-in are features sometimes dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: described as dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html">Web 2.0</a>. dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: Fossil attempts to better capture "collective intelligence" and dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: "the wisdom of crowds" by opening up write access to the masses.</li> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: </ul> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: 0e265b0184 2007-08-01 drh: <p>Other Links:</p> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <ul> e319e8e870 2007-08-25 drh: <li>The <a href="concepts.html">concepts</b> behind fossil</li> 0e265b0184 2007-08-01 drh: <li><a href="build.html">Building And Installing</a></li> 0e265b0184 2007-08-01 drh: <li><a href="quickstart.html">Quick Start</a> guide to using fossil 469002ccdf 2007-09-12 aku: <li><a href="pop.html">Principles Of Operation</a></li> b807acf62e 2007-07-24 drh: <li>The <a href="selfcheck.html">automatic self-check</a> mechanism b807acf62e 2007-07-24 drh: helps insure project integrity.</li> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: <li>The <a href="fileformat.html">file format</a> used by every content dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: file stored in the repository.</li> 5fcb36c81b 2007-08-26 aku: <li>The <a href="delta_format.html">format of deltas</a> used to 5fcb36c81b 2007-08-26 aku: efficiently store changes between file revisions.</li> 6f1af23ebe 2007-08-26 aku: <li>The <a href="delta_encoder_algorithm.html">encoder algorithm</a> used to 6f1af23ebe 2007-08-26 aku: efficiently generate deltas.</li> 26131cfcc5 2007-09-10 drh: <li>The <a href="sync.html">synchronization protocol</a>. c403f9dc40 2008-02-03 drh: <li>There is a <a href="http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users"> c403f9dc40 2008-02-03 drh: mailing list</a> available for discussing fossil issues.</li> c403f9dc40 2008-02-03 drh: <li>The <a href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/wiki">self-hosting c403f9dc40 2008-02-03 drh: fossil wiki</a>. 852dbbb65d 2008-02-13 drh: </ul> 852dbbb65d 2008-02-13 drh: 852dbbb65d 2008-02-13 drh: <p>Competing Projects:</p> 852dbbb65d 2008-02-13 drh: 852dbbb65d 2008-02-13 drh: <ul> 852dbbb65d 2008-02-13 drh: <li><a href="http://www.ditrack.org/">DITrace</a> 852dbbb65d 2008-02-13 drh: - A Distributed Issue Tracker</li> 852dbbb65d 2008-02-13 drh: <li><a href="http://www.distract.wellquite.org/">DisTract</a> 852dbbb65d 2008-02-13 drh: - Another distributed issue tracker based on 852dbbb65d 2008-02-13 drh: <a href="http://www.monotone.ca/">monotone</a>. 852dbbb65d 2008-02-13 drh: <li><a href="http://www.monotone.ca/">Monotone</a> - distributed 852dbbb65d 2008-02-13 drh: SCM in a single-file executable with a single-file SQLite 852dbbb65d 2008-02-13 drh: database repository.</li> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: </ul> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: </body> dbda8d6ce9 2007-07-21 drh: </html>
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