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<h1>Fossil: Distributed Revision Control, Wiki, and Bug-Tracking</h1>

<p>
Fossil is a new 
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control">
distributed software revision control system</a> that includes an integrated
<a href="wikitheory.wiki">wiki</a> and an integrated
<a href="bugtheory.wiki">bug-tracking system</a> all in a single, 
easy-to-use, stand-alone executable.
Fossil is
<a href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/timeline">self-hosting</a>
since 2007-07-21 on
<a href="http://www.hwaci.com/cgi-bin/fossil/timeline">two separate servers</a>.
You can download the <a href="../../../timeline">lastest sources</a> and
<a href="build.wiki">compile it yourself</a>.
Or you can grab
<a href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/download.html">precompiled binaries</a>.
</p>

<p>Features Of Fossil:</p>

<ul>

<li>Supports disconnected, distributed development (like
<a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4982">git</a>,
<a href="http://www.monotone.ca/">monotone</a>,
<a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi">mercurial</a>, or
<a href="http://www.bitkeeper.com/">bitkeeper</a>)
or client/server operation (like 
<a href="http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/">CVS</a> or
<a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/">subversion</a>),
or operations on local repositories,
or all three at the same time</li>
<li>Integrated <a href="bugtheory.wiki">bug tracking</a> and 
<a href="wikitheory.wiki">wiki</a>, inspired by
<a href="http://www.cvstrac.org/">CVSTrac</a> and
<a href="http://www.edgewall.com/trac/">Trac</a> but enhanced to
support distributed, disconnected operation.</li>
<li>Built-in web interface that supports deep archaeological digs through
the project history.</li>
<li>All network communication via 
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP">HTTP</a> with 
<a href="quickstart.wiki#proxy">proxy support</a>
so that everything works from behind restrictive firewalls.</li>
<li>Everything (client, server, and utilities) is included in a 
single self-contained executable - trivial to install</li>
<li>Server runs as <a href="http://www.w3.org/CGI/">CGI</a>, using
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/inetd">inetd</a>/<a
 href="http://www.xinetd.org/">xinetd</a>, or using its own built-in,
standalone web server.</li>
<li>An entire project contained in single disk file (which also
happens to be an <a href="http://www.sqlite.org/">SQLite</a> database.)</li>
<li>Trivial to setup and administer</li>
<li>Files and versions are identified by their
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-1">SHA1</a> signature.</a>
Any unique prefix is sufficient to identify a file
or version - usually the first 4 or 5 characters suffice.</li>
<li>The <a href="fileformat.wiki">file format</a> designed to be enduring.
It is deliberately kept simple, requiring nothing more complex
than a text editor and an SHA1 checksum generator to encode or decode.</li>
<li>Automatic <a href="selfcheck.wiki">self-check</a>
on repository changes makes it exceedingly
unlikely that data will ever be lost because of a software bug.</li>
</ul>

<p>Objectives Of Fossil:</p>

<ul>
<li>Fossil should be ridiculously easy to 
<a href="build.wiki">install</a> and 
<a href="quickstart.wiki">operate</a>.</li>
<li>With fossil, it should be possible (and 
<a href="quickstart.wiki#serversetup">easy</a>) to set up a project
on an inexpensive shared-hosting ISP
(example: <a href="http://www.he.net/hosting.html">Hurricane Electric</a>)
that provides nothing more than web space and CGI capability.
Here is <a href="http://www.hwaci.com/cgi-bin/fossil/timeline">a demo</a>.</li>
<li>Fossil should provide in-depth historical and status information about the
project through a web interface</li>
<li>Fossil should provide an historical record of a project that endures
for decades or centuries and across multiple generations of hardward 
and software.</li>
<li>Fossil should be easily adaptable to different workflows.  Fossil
implements mechanism, not policy.</li>
</ul>

<p>User Links:</p>

<ul>
<li>The <a href="concepts.wiki">concepts</b> behind fossil</li>
<li><a href="build.wiki">Building And Installing</a></li>



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<h1>Fossil: Distributed Revision Control, Wiki, and Bug-Tracking</h1>

<p>
Fossil is a
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control">
distributed software revision control system</a> that includes an integrated
<a href="wikitheory.wiki">wiki</a> and an integrated
<a href="bugtheory.wiki">bug-tracking system</a> all in a single, 
easy-to-use, stand-alone executable.
Fossil is
<a href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/timeline">self-hosting</a>
since 2007-07-21 on
<a href="http://www.hwaci.com/cgi-bin/fossil/timeline">two separate servers</a>.
You can download the <a href="../../../timeline">lastest sources</a> and
<a href="build.wiki">compile it yourself</a>.
Or you can grab
<a href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/download.html">precompiled binaries</a>.
</p>

<p>Feature Summary:</p>

<ul>
<li>Flexible workflow:<ul>
    <li>Disconnected, distributed development like
      <a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4982">git</a>,
      <a href="http://www.monotone.ca/">monotone</a>,
      <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi">mercurial</a>,
      and <a href="http://www.bitkeeper.com/">bitkeeper</a>
    <li>Or, client/server operation like 
      <a href="http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/">CVS</a> and
      <a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/">subversion</a>,
    <li>Or, operations on local repositories,
    <li>Or, all of the above at the same time</ul></li>
<li>Integrated, distributed <a href="bugtheory.wiki">bug tracking</a> and 
<a href="wikitheory.wiki">wiki</a>.</li>



<li>Built-in web interface that supports deep archaeological digs through
the project history.</li>
<li>All network communication via 
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP">HTTP</a> with 
<a href="quickstart.wiki#proxy">proxy support</a>
so that everything works from behind restrictive firewalls.</li>
<li>Everything (client, server, and utilities) is included in a 
single self-contained executable - trivial to install</li>
<li>Server runs as <a href="quickstart.wiki#cgiserver">CGI</a>, using
<a href="quickstart.wiki#inetdserver">inetd/xinetd</a>
or using its own 
<a href="quickstart.wiki#serversetup">built-in, standalone web server</a>.</li>
<li>An entire project contained in single disk file
(an <a href="http://www.sqlite.org/">SQLite</a> database.)</li>


<li>Uses an <a href="fileformat.wiki">enduring file format</a> that is 


designed to be readable, searchable, and extensible by people not yet born.</li>


<li>Automatic <a href="selfcheck.wiki">self-check</a>
on repository changes makes it exceedingly
unlikely that data will ever be lost because of a software bug.</li>





<li>Ridiculously easy to 
<a href="build.wiki">install</a> and 
<a href="quickstart.wiki">operate</a>.</li>













</ul>

<p>User Links:</p>

<ul>
<li>The <a href="concepts.wiki">concepts</b> behind fossil</li>
<li><a href="build.wiki">Building And Installing</a></li>