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Of course, we can’t leave out a mention of Fossil here — the SCM system built by and for SQLite. https://fossil-scm.org/ https://fossil-scm.org/

ImGajeed76 7mo ago
yeah fossil is great, but can fossil import the linux kernel (already working on the next post)
thunderbong 7mo ago
And fossil itself is an SQLite database!
- cbluth 7mo ago
  > fossil itself is an SQLite database Can anyone explain what this means and how it works?
  - wps 7mo ago
    Fossil itself is a C binary, not a database. Maybe they meant that Fossil’s source code is hosted in Fossil, or that Fossil repositories are SQLite files? I don’t exactly know either.
    - ImGajeed76 7mo ago
      They are talking about this fossil: https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki
Pay08 7mo ago
How much does it take advantage of being a DB underneath?
ndegruchy 7mo ago
Fossil is great. Not only is it a full suite of tools associated with the repository (discussions, tickets, wiki) but the tool is a single >10mb binary and can run as a web server (or CGI-like interface) for remote hosting.
- wps 7mo ago
  The web server that powers fossil was also written by its author! It’s nice that unlike git instaweb you don’t need to install an additional web server just to see a read only view of your commits.
wps 7mo ago
I use Fossil for all of my long term projects. It can even import Git repositories if you want to try it out. Today I was working on a semester paper for a non-technical class. It is versioned in fossil and I have all my miscellaneous ideas, initial outline, and the paper guidelines in the Wiki. The branching also makes much more sense, and I’ve used it for major revisions of the paper or its structure. Fossil is legitimately awesome, and I lament the fact that Git gained popularity over it.

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Of course, we can’t leave out a mention of Fossil here — the SCM system built by and for SQLite. https://fossil-scm.org/ https://fossil-scm.org/

by smartmic 7mo ago

ImGajeed76 7mo ago
yeah fossil is great, but can fossil import the linux kernel (already working on the next post)
thunderbong 7mo ago
And fossil itself is an SQLite database!
- cbluth 7mo ago
  > fossil itself is an SQLite database Can anyone explain what this means and how it works?
  - wps 7mo ago
    Fossil itself is a C binary, not a database. Maybe they meant that Fossil’s source code is hosted in Fossil, or that Fossil repositories are SQLite files? I don’t exactly know either.
    - ImGajeed76 7mo ago
      They are talking about this fossil: https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki
Pay08 7mo ago
How much does it take advantage of being a DB underneath?
ndegruchy 7mo ago
Fossil is great. Not only is it a full suite of tools associated with the repository (discussions, tickets, wiki) but the tool is a single >10mb binary and can run as a web server (or CGI-like interface) for remote hosting.
- wps 7mo ago
  The web server that powers fossil was also written by its author! It’s nice that unlike git instaweb you don’t need to install an additional web server just to see a read only view of your commits.
wps 7mo ago
I use Fossil for all of my long term projects. It can even import Git repositories if you want to try it out. Today I was working on a semester paper for a non-technical class. It is versioned in fossil and I have all my miscellaneous ideas, initial outline, and the paper guidelines in the Wiki. The branching also makes much more sense, and I’ve used it for major revisions of the paper or its structure. Fossil is legitimately awesome, and I lament the fact that Git gained popularity over it.