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 <<br>> cvs add FOO| touch FOO <<br>> fossil add FOO|&
&|Remove a file| rm FOO <<br>> cvs remove FOO| rm FOO <<br>> fossil rm FOO|&
&|Rename a file| mv FOO BAR <<br>> cvs remove FOO <<br>> cvs add BAR| mv FOO BAR <<br>> fossil mv FOO BAR|&
&|Show files made and not added|  | fossil extra |&
&|Show modified files (incl. deleted) |  | fossil changes |&
&|Commit changes | cvs commit | fossil commit|&
&|Update local working copy|cvs up -Pd|fossil pull <<br>> fossil update|&
&|Dry run, make no changes|cvs -tn||&
&|Compare versions|cvs diff|fossil diff (or gdiff) <<br>>Note the relevant "fossil settings"|&
&|Tool version|cvs --version|fossil version|&

'''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 <commandname>
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