Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition

Using fossil

The fossil application is another distributed version control system. Like Git, it maintains a record of changes regardless of whether the developer has access to the master repository site. Unlike Git, fossil supports an auto-sync mode that will automatically push commits to the remote repository if it's accessible. If the remote site is not available at commit time, fossil saves the changes until the remote site becomes available.

Fossil differs from Git in several respects. The fossil repository is implemented in a single SQLite database instead of a set of folders as Git is implemented. The fossil application includes several other tools such as a web interface, a trouble-ticket system, and a wiki, while Git uses add-on applications ...