Fossil: Change Log

Changes For Version 1.23 (2012-08-08)

The default checkout database name is now ".fslckout" instead of "_FOSSIL_" on unix. Both names continue to work.
Added the "fossil all changes" command
Added the --ckout option to the "fossil all list" command
Added the "public-pages" glob pattern that can be configured to allow anonymous users to see embedded documentation on sites where source code should not be accessible to anonymous users.
Allow multiple --tag options on the same "fossil commit" command.
Change the meaning of the --bgcolor option for "fossil commit" to only change the color for that one commit. The new --branchcolor option is available to set a persistent background color.
Add the branch= query parameter to the vdiff page and the --branch option to the "fossil diff" command.
Check-in names of the form "root:BRANCH" now refer to the origin of the branch. Hence to see all changes in a branch, use "fossil diff --from root:BRANCH --to BRANCH". The --branch option on the diff command is an alias for the same.
Add the ability to configure ad-units to be displayed between the menu bar and the content.
Add the ability to set a background image as part of server configuration.
Allow partial commits of cherrypick merges.
Updates against an uncommitted merge are now a warning, not a fatal error.
Prompt the user to continue if a check-in comment is unedited.
Fixes to case sensitivity settings with the /dir webpage.
Repositories now try to remember the locations of all checkouts and web-access URLs and display this information with the "fossil info $REPO" command.
Improved defense against spiders: The src= attribute of <a> elements is set using javascript after the page loads.
Enhanced formatting of the user list page.
If a file named in "fossil add" is missing, that is now a warning instead of a fatal error.
Fix side-by-side diff so that it displays correctly with multi-byte UTF8 characters.
Performance improvements in the diff logic.
Other performance tweaks and documentation updates.

Changes For Version 1.22 (2012-03-17)

Greatly improved "diff" processing including the new --brief option, partial line matching, colorized in-line diffs, and better performance.
Promote "allow-symlinks" to a versionable setting
Harden the CGI processing logic against DOS attacks
Add the ability to run TH1 scripts after sync requests
Store the repository name in _FOSSIL_ as it is type in the "open" command, possibly as a relative pathname.
Make ".fslckout" the alternative name for the "_FOSSIL_" file.
Change the "ssh:" transfer method to allow all access regardless of user permission.
Improvements to the timeline messages associated with tag changes. (Requires a "fossil rebuild" to take effect.)
Various additions and fixes for the JSON API.
Improved merge-with-rename handling.
--cherrypick merges use their origin's commit message by default.
Added support for multiple concurrent logins per user.
Update to use SQLite version 3.7.11.
Various minor bug fixes.

Changes For Version 1.21 (2011-12-13)

Added side-by-side diffs in the command-line interface
Automatically enable hyperlinks if the UserAgent string in the HTTP header suggests that the requestor is a human and not a bot.
Show only commonly used commands with "fossil help". Use "fossil help --all" to see the complete list now.
Improvements to the "stash" command: (1) Stash all files, not just those below the working directory. (2) Add the --detail option to "list". (3) Confirm before "drop --all". (4) Add the "help" subcommand.
Add an Admin/Access setting to change the number of octets of the IP address that are saved in login cookies - allowing this setting to be changed to zero
Promote the "test-md5sum" command to "md5sum".
Added the "whatis" command.
Stop showing the server-code in status outputs - it is no longer used for anything.
Added a compile-time option (--with-tcl) to build in the full TCL interpreter to augment TH1.
Merged the JSON branch into trunk. Disabled by default. Enabled by a compile-time option. Probably it will be enabled by default in some future release.
Update to use SQLite version 3.7.9 plus the alignment fix for Sparc. align

Changes For Version 1.20 (2011-10-21)

Added side-by-side diffs in HTML interface. [0bde74ea1e]
Added support for symlinks. (Controlled by "allow-symlinks" setting, off by default). [e4f1c1fe95]
Fixed CLI annotate to show the proper file version in case there are multiple equal versions in history. [e161670939]
Timeline now shows tag changes (requires rebuild).[87540ed6e6]
Fixed annotate to show "more relevant" versions of lines in some cases. [e161670939]
New command: ticket history. [98a855c508]
Disabled SSLv2 in HTTPS client.[ea1d369d23]
Fixed constant prompting regarding previously-saved SSL certificates. [636804745b]
Other SSL improvements.
Added -R REPOFILE support to several more CLI commands. [e080560378]
Generated tarballs now have constant timestamps, so they are always identical for any given checkin. [e080560378]
A number of minor HTML-related tweaks and fixes.
Added --args FILENAME global CLI argument to import arbitrary CLI arguments from a file (e.g. long file lists). [e080560378]
Fixed significant memory leak in annotation of files with long histories.[9929bab702]
Added warnings when a merge operation overwrites local copies (UNDO is available, but previously this condition normally went silently unnoticed). [39f979b08c]
Improved performance when adding many files. [a369dc7721]
Improve merges which contain many file renames. [0b93b0f958]
Added protection against timing attacks. [d4a341b49d]
Firefox now remembers filled fields when returning to forms. [3fac77d7b0]
Added the --stats option to the rebuild command. [f25e5e53c4]
RSS feed now passes validation. [ce354d0a9f]
Show overridden user when entering commit comment. [ce354d0a9f]
Made rebuilding from web interface silent. [ce354d0a9f]
Now works on MSVC with repos >2GB. [6092935ff2]
A number of code cleanups to resolve warnings from various compilers.
Update the built-in SQLite to version 3.7.9 beta.

Changes For Version 1.19 (2011-09-02)

Added a ./configure script based on autosetup.
Added the "fossil winsrv" command for creating a Fossil service on windows systems.
Added "versionable settings" where settings that affect the local tree can be stored in versioned files in the .fossil-settings directory.
Background colors for branches are choosen automatically if no color is specified by the user.
The status, changes and extras commands now show pathnames relative to the current working directory, unless overridden by command line options or the "relative-paths" setting.
WARNING: This change will break scripts which rely on the current output when the current working directory is not the repository root.
Added "empty-dirs" versionable setting.
Added support for client-side SSL certificates with "ssl-identity" setting and --ssl-identity option.
Added "ssl-ca-location" setting to specify trusted root SSL certificates.
Added the --case-sensitive BOOLEAN command-line option to many commands. Default to true for unix and false for windows.
Added the "Color-Test" submenu button on the branch list web page.
Compatibility improvements to the git-export feature.
Performance improvements on SHA1 checksums
Update to the latest SQLite version 3.7.8 alpha.
Fix the tarball generator to work with very log pathnames

Changes For Version 1.18 (2011-07-14)

Added this Change Log
Added sequential version numbering
Added a optional configure script - the Makefile still works for most systems.
Improvements to the "annotate" algorithm: only search primary ancestors and ignore branches.
Update the "scrub" command to remove traces of login-groups and subrepositories.
Added the --type option to the "fossil tag find" command.
In contexts where only a check-in makes sense, resolve branch and tag names to checkins only, never events or other artifacts.
Improved display of file renames on a diff. A rebuild is required to take full advantage of this change.
Update the built-in SQLite to version 3.7.7.