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manifest for that check-in.

The manifest file is not normally a real file on disk.  Instead,
the manifest is computed in memory by Fossil whenever it needs it.
However, the "fossil setting manifest on" command will cause the
manifest file to be materialized to disk, if desired.  Both Fossil
itself, and SQLite cause the manifest file to be materialized to disk
so that the makefiles for these projects can read the manifest and
embed version information in generated binaries.

Fossil automatically generates a manifest whenever you "commit"
a new check-in.  So this is not something that you, the developer,
need to worry with.  The format of a manifest is intentionally
designed to be simple to parse, so that if
you want to read and interpret a manifest, either by hand or
with a script, that is easy to do.  But you will probably never
need to do so.

In addition to identifying all files in the check-in, a
manifest also contains a check-in comment, the date and time
when the check-in was established, who created the check-in,
and links to other check-ins from which the current check-in
is derived.  There are also a couple of checksums used to verify
the integrity of the check-in.  And the whole manifest might
be PGP clearsigned.

<h3 id="keyconc">2.3 Key concepts</h3>

<ul>
<li>A <b>check-in</b> is a set of files arranged

install any other software in order to use Fossil.  You do <u>not</u> need
CVS, gzip, diff, rsync, Python, Perl, Tcl, Java, Apache, PostgreSQL, MySQL,
SQLite, patch, or any similar software on your system in order to use
Fossil effectively.  You will want to have some kind of text editor
for entering check-in comments.  Fossil will use whatever text editor
is identified by your VISUAL environment variable.  Fossil will also
use GPG to clearsign your manifests if you happen to have it installed,
but Fossil will skip that step if GPG is missing from your system.
You can optionally set up Fossil to use external "diff" programs,
though Fossil has an excellent built-in "diff" algorithm that works
fine for most people.  If you happen to have Tcl/Tk installed on your
system, Fossil will use it to generate a graphical "diff" display when
you use the --tk option to the "diff" command, but this too is entirely
optional.

<pre>
fossil setting autosync on
fossil setting autosync off
fossil settings
</pre>

By default, Fossil runs with autosync mode turned on.  The
authors find that projects run more smoothly in autosync mode since
autosync helps to prevent pointless forking and merging and helps keeps
all collaborators working on exactly the same code rather than on their
own personal forks of the code.  In the author's view, manual-merge mode
should be reserved for disconnected operation.

<h3>4.1 Autosync Workflow</h3>