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File www/quickstart.html part of check-in [0e265b0184] - Documentation updates. Added Makefile. by drh on 2007-08-01 20:05:49. [view]

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File www/quickstart.html part of check-in [b110d77c36] - Website updates. by drh on 2007-08-09 01:08:19. [view]

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 <h2>Installing</h2><blockquote>
 
     <p>Fossil is a single self-contained C program that you need to
     <a href="build.html">install</a> before using.  Build the binary
-    and put is someplace on your PATH environment variable.</p>
+    and put it someplace on your PATH environment variable.</p>
 
     </blockquote>
     <h2>Cloning A Existing Repository</h2>
     <blockquote>
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
     <b>fossil clone</b> <i>URL  repository-filename</i>
     </blockquote>
 
     <p>The <i>URL</i> above is the http URL for the fossil repository
-    you want to clone.  The new repository can be called anything you
+    you want to clone.  You can call the new repository anything you
     want - there are no naming restrictions.  As an example, you can
     clone the fossil repository this way:</p>
 
     <blockquote>
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
 
 </blockquote><h2>Configuring Your Local Repository</h2><blockquote>
 
     <p>When you create a new repository, either by cloning an existing
-    project or create a new project of your, you usually want to do some
+    project or create a new project of your own, you usually want to do some
     local configuration.  This is accomplished using a webbrowser.  First
     start a fossil webserver like this:</p>
 
     <blockquote>
@@ -112,10 +112,12 @@
     <b>fossil commit</b>
     </blockquote>
 
     <p>You will be prompted for check-in comments using whatever editor
-    is specified by your VISUAL or EDITOR environment variable.  After
-    you save your check-in comments, your changes will be checked in.</p>
+    is specified by your VISUAL or EDITOR environment variable.  If you
+    have GPG installed, you may be prompted for your GPG passphrase so
+    that the check-in can be signed with your GPG signature.  After
+    this your changes will be checked in.</p>
 
 </blockquote><h2>Sharing Changes</h2><blockquote>
 
     <p>The changes you <b>commit</b> are only on your local repository.
@@ -204,9 +206,9 @@
         /usr/bin/fossil http /home/proj1/repos1.fsl
     </b></blockquote>
 
     <p>Adjust the paths to suit your installation, of course.  Notice that
-    fossil runs as run.  This is not required - you can run it as an
+    fossil runs as root.  This is not required - you can run it as an
     unprivileged user.  But it is more secure to run fossil as root.
     When you do run fossil as root, it automatically puts itself in a
     chroot jail in the same directory as the repository, then drops
     root privileges prior to reading any information from the request.</p>