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What Is Fossil?<\/h3>\n
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Fossil is a simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration management system with these advanced features:<\/p>\n

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  1. Integrated Bug Tracking, Wiki, Forum, and Technotes<\/b>\u00a0– In addition to doing\u00a0distributed version control<\/a>\u00a0like Git and Mercurial, Fossil also supports\u00a0bug tracking<\/a>,\u00a0wiki<\/a>,\u00a0forum<\/a>, and\u00a0technotes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Built-in Web Interface<\/b>\u00a0– Fossil has a built-in,\u00a0themeable<\/a>,\u00a0extensible<\/a>, and intuitive\u00a0web interface<\/a>\u00a0with a rich variety of information pages (examples<\/a>) promoting situational awareness.This entire website is just a running instance of Fossil. The pages you see here are all\u00a0wiki<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0embedded documentation<\/a>\u00a0or (in the case of the\u00a0download<\/a>\u00a0page)\u00a0unversioned files<\/a>. When you clone Fossil from one of its\u00a0self-hosting repositories<\/a>, you get more than just source code – you get this entire website.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. Self-Contained<\/b>\u00a0– Fossil is a single self-contained stand-alone executable. To install, simply download a\u00a0precompiled binary<\/a>\u00a0for Linux, Mac, or Windows and put it on your $PATH.\u00a0Easy-to-compile source code<\/a>\u00a0is also available.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. Simple Networking<\/b>\u00a0– No custom protocols or TCP ports. Fossil uses ordinary HTTP (or HTTPS or SSH) for network communications, so it works fine from behind restrictive firewalls, including\u00a0proxies<\/a>. The protocol is\u00a0bandwidth efficient<\/a>\u00a0to the point that Fossil can be used comfortably over dial-up or over the exceedingly slow Wifi on airliners.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. Simple Server Setup<\/b>\u00a0– No server is required, but if you want to set one up, Fossil supports\u00a0several different server configurations<\/a>\u00a0including CGI, SCGI, and direct HTTP. You can also easily set up your Fossil repository to automatically\u00a0mirror content on GitHub<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            1. Autosync<\/b>\u00a0– Fossil supports\u00a0“autosync” mode<\/a>\u00a0which helps to keep projects moving forward by reducing the amount of needless\u00a0forking and merging<\/a>\u00a0often associated with distributed projects.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              1. Robust & Reliable<\/b>\u00a0– Fossil stores content using an\u00a0enduring file format<\/a>\u00a0in an SQLite database so that transactions are atomic even if interrupted by a power loss or system crash. Automatic\u00a0self-checks<\/a>\u00a0verify that all aspects of the repository are consistent prior to each commit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                1. Free and Open-Source<\/b>\u00a0– Uses the\u00a02-clause BSD license<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Source: Fossil: Home<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  What Is Fossil? Fossil is a simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration management system with these advanced features: Integrated Bug Tracking, Wiki, Forum, and Technotes\u00a0– In addition to doing\u00a0distributed version control\u00a0like Git and Mercurial, Fossil also supports\u00a0bug tracking,\u00a0wiki,\u00a0forum, and\u00a0technotes. Built-in Web Interface\u00a0– Fossil has a built-in,\u00a0themeable,\u00a0extensible, and intuitive\u00a0web interface\u00a0with a rich variety of information pages (examples)… <\/p>\n

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