Fossil (software)

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Original author(s)D. Richard Hipp
Initial release2006 (2006)
Stable release
1.25 / 16 February 2013; 11 years ago (2013-02-16)
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemCross-platform
Typedistributed version control system, bug tracking system, wiki software
License2-clause BSD license
Websitewww.fossil-scm.org

Fossil is a distributed version control system, bug tracking system and wiki software server for use in software development created by D. Richard Hipp.[1]

Features

Fossil is a cross-platform server that runs on Linux, Mac and Windows. It is capable of performing distributed version control, bug tracking, wiki services, and blogging. The software has a built-in web interface, which reduces project tracking complexity and promotes situational awareness. A user may simply type "fossil ui" from within any check-out and Fossil automatically opens the user's web browser in a page that gives detailed history and status information on that project.

Being distributed, Fossil requires no central server, although collaboration is made easier by using one.

Content is stored using a SQLite database so that transactions are atomic even if interrupted by a power loss or system crash.[2]

Fossil is free software released under a BSD license[3] (previously GPL).

A number of projects have transitioned from more advanced SCM's to Fossil[citation needed] because it is easier to use, yet contains all the functionality needed for most projects [4]

Adoption

Fossil is used for version control by the SQLite project, which is itself a component of Fossil. SQLite transitioned to using Fossil for version control over CVS in September 2009.[5]

Some examples of other projects using Fossil are:

Source code hosting

The following websites provide free source code hosting for Fossil repositories:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fossil's Copyright notice"., dated 2010-05-16
  2. ^ "Integrated version control with Fossil SCM"., DLR Tech Talk presentation by Arne Bachmann, 2009-12-01
  3. ^ "Fossil DSCM Relicensed with BSD License". 2010-05-16.
  4. ^ "Why I Use Fossil". 2012-01-01.
  5. ^ "Fossil: Fossil Performance". Fossil-scm.org. 2009-08-23. Retrieved 2009-09-12.

External links

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