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fossil — Distributed version control system with a built-in wiki, bug tracker, and web interface. Some subcom

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fossilcommanddistributedclicontrolwithversionsystem

Problem

How to use the fossil command: Distributed version control system with a built-in wiki, bug tracker, and web interface. Some subcommands such as commit have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://fossil-scm.org/home/help>.

Solution

fossil — Distributed version control system with a built-in wiki, bug tracker, and web interface. Some subcommands such as commit have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://fossil-scm.org/home/help>.

Initialize a new empty Fossil repository:

fossil init {{repository_name.fossil}}

Create a local copy of a remote repository:

fossil clone {{remote_url}}

Show an overview of the current repository state:

fossil status

Stage a new file:

fossil add {{path/to/file}}

Stage a file for removal:

fossil {{[rm|delete]}} {{path/to/file}}

Check in all staged changes:

fossil {{[ci|commit]}} {{[-m|--comment]}} "{{comment}}"

Push changes from the local repository to a remote repository:

fossil push {{remote_url}}

Pull changes from a remote repository into the local repository:

fossil pull {{remote_url}}

Code Snippets

Initialize a new empty Fossil repository

fossil init {{repository_name.fossil}}

Create a local copy of a remote repository

fossil clone {{remote_url}}

Show an overview of the current repository state

fossil status

Stage a new file

fossil add {{path/to/file}}

Stage a file for removal

fossil {{[rm|delete]}} {{path/to/file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/fossil

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