With the transition of the Tcl/Tk Source Repositories from [CVS] over to [Fossil] it becomes necessary to learn a new set of commands.
This page was made to help with that, by showing equivalent CVS and Fossil commands.
%|Action | CVS|Fossil|%
&|Add a file | touch FOO <
> cvs add FOO| touch FOO <
> fossil add FOO|&
&|Remove a file| rm FOO <
> cvs remove FOO| rm FOO <
> fossil rm FOO|&
&|Rename a file| mv FOO BAR <
> cvs remove FOO <
> cvs add BAR| mv FOO BAR <
> fossil mv FOO BAR|&
&|Show files made and not added| | fossil extra |&
&|Show modified files | | fossil changes |&
&|Commit changes | cvs commit | fossil commit|&
&||cvs up -Pd||&
&|Trace/Do Nothing|cvs -tn||&
&||cvs diff|fossil diff <
> fossil gdiff <
>Note the relevant "fossil settings"|&
'''General Note:''' Fossil has a builtin help system.
Invoke it via
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fossil help
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For help on specific commands use
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fossil help
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