Use a graphical diff tool with Fossil

You can configure Fossil’s gdiff command to launch your favorite graphical diff tool. Below are examples configuring some popular diff tools. All the examples below include the --global option. If you want to configure this setting only for the current repository, omit that option. Beyond Compare: $ fossil settings --global gdiff 'bcomp' Git: $ fossil settings --global gdiff 'code --diff --wait' vimdiff: $ fossil settings --global gdiff 'vimdiff' Visual Studio Code:...

September 18, 2021

Resolve Fossil login failures after changing your password

After changing your password on a remote Fossil repository, you will receive login failures when trying to sync your local repository. $ fossil sync Sync with https://blachniet@example.com/test Round-trips: 1 Artifacts sent: 0 received: 0 Error: login failed Round-trips: 1 Artifacts sent: 0 received: 0 Sync done, sent: 420 received: 285 ip: 192.168.0.10 $ fossil commit Autosync: https://blachniet@example.com/test Round-trips: 1 Artifacts sent: 0 received: 0 Error: login failed Round-trips: 1 Artifacts sent: 0 received: 0 Pull done, sent: 446 received: 287 ip: 192....

September 6, 2021