Some shownotes for fossil

Create a new fossil repository:

$ fossil new shownotes

Add your work to the repository:

$ fossil add shownotes.html

Commit your work:

$ fossil commit --comment "added shownote HTML file"

As a fun exercise, destroy your work.

$ echo "klaatu said this was perfectly safe" > shownotes.html

$ cat shownotes.html

klaatu said this was perfectly safe

And now revert it back to the

last known good version:

$ fossil revert shownotes.html

REVERT shownotes.html

$ head -n1 shownotes.html

<p>Some shownotes for fossil<p>

Did you accidentally revert? You can undo that.

$ fossil undo shownotes.html

And then revert again.

$ fossil revert shownotes.html

REVERT shownotes.html

$ head -n1 shownotes.html

<p>Some shownotes for fossil<p>

Check your remote:

$ fossil remote-url

Close a fossil repo:

$ fossil close

See the fancy browser-based UI of your repo:

$ fossil ui