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Jim Schimpf
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5 June 2010
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 This system could label groups of files and allow multiple branches (i.e.
 versions) simultaneously.
 There have been many other systems developed since them some open source
 and some proprietary.
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Fossil which was originally released in 2006 
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 is an easy to install version control system that also includes a trouble

Why do it ?
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Why do you want to use a source control system ? To use one restricts your
 freedom, you won't be able to create files,delete files or, move files
 between directories at random.
 Making changes in your code becomes a check list of steps that must be
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With all those hassles why do it.
 The biggest answer is freedom (huh ?).
 By following the procedures of a source control system you gain the freedom
 to modify your code any way you want.

http://www.fossil-scm.org/download.html
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 There are Linux, Mac, and Windows executable links on this page.
 Also there is a source Tarball from which you can compile from source.
 This web site is self-hosted by Fossil itself (see Section
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 Then you edit these files making necessary changes.
 When done you commit or check them back into the repository.
 At this point they are back under version control and the system knows
 the changes from the last version to this version.
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This gets around the problem mentioned above when others are blocked from
 working on a file.
 You now have the opposite problem in that more than one person can edit
 the same file and make changes.
 This is handled by the check-in process.
 There only one person at a time may check in a file.
 That being the case the system checks the file and if there are changes
 in repository file that are NOT in the one to be checked in stops the check
 in process.
 The system will ask if the user wants to merge these changes into his copy.

 it to get updates and for check ins of new code.
 If you are not connected to the server you are stuck and cannot continue
 working.
 Distributed systems allow you to have your own copy of the repository then
 continue working and when back in communication synchronize with the server.
 This is very useful where people take their work home and cannot access
 the company network.
 Each person can have a copy of the repository and continue working and
 re-sync upon return to the office.
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