Tips on Version Control Systems

Conventional Commits Links:

• Tag in Git commit summary?
• How to Write a Git Commit Message
• Conventional Commits

Fossil

Fossil new repository setup:

• cd somewhere
• fossil new /path/to/filename.fossil
• fossil open /path/to/filename.fossil
• fossil user password new user124 yourpassword
• fossil settings ignore-glob "*/media/*,*.sqlite*"
• fossil addremove
• fossil commit -m e

Linking with an existing local repository

• fossil close -f
• fossil open --keep /path/to/local.fsl
• fossil settings ignore-glob '*.pdf,*.dvi,*.out,*.log,*.aux,*.blg,*.bbl,*.idx,*.sty,*.ist,*.ilg,*.gl*,*.acn' #for LaTeX projects
• fossil addremove or fossil commit -m "a comment"
• fossil sync --httpauth htmluser:htmlpassword http://user:password@example.com/fossil_path # or use "push" instead of "sync"