The "reconstruct" command:

Usage: fossil reconstruct ?OPTIONS? FILENAME DIRECTORY

This command studies the artifacts (files) in DIRECTORY and reconstructs the Fossil record from them. It places the new Fossil repository in FILENAME. Subdirectories are read, files with leading '.' in the filename are ignored.

Options:

-K|--keep-rid1

Read the filename of the artifact with RID=1 from the file .rid in DIRECTORY.

-P|--keep-private

Mark the artifacts listed in the file .private in DIRECTORY as private in the new Fossil repository.