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| author | cashmere <cashmere@autistici.org> | 2026-09-04 09:05:24 +0200 |
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diff --git a/www/changes.wiki b/www/changes.wiki new file mode 100644 index 0000000..41cb3e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/www/changes.wiki @@ -0,0 +1,2297 @@ +<title>Change Log</title> + +<h2 id='v2_29'>Changes for version 2.29 (pending)</h2><ol> + <li> Enhance the [/help/www/ci_edit|/ci_edit] web page to show more + context of the check-in being edited. + <li> Honor the NO_COLOR environment variable in the + "[/help/system|fossil sys ls]" command. + <li> On the [/help/www/info|/info webpage] (and similar) put a + "copy" button before the date. + <li> Add the ".m4a" and ".otf" mimetypes. + <li> When doing a "fossil update", if a file under management needs to + overwrite an unmanaged file, display the name of the backup that + is made of the unmanaged file, and use file_delete() to delete + the unmanaged file, even if that unmanaged file is read-only. + <li> Improve the default prompts used by the + "[/help/sqlite3|fossil sql]" command. + <li> The captcha now uses light-gray boxes as the background, instead of + spaces, to work around width inconsistencies in some fonts. + <li> Forum post editing and replying was overhauled with a new UI. Clients + with JavaScript disabled will still see the older forms. + <li> Forum posts may now have attachments if their poster has the new "B" + capability. + <li> Add the "[/help/attachment-size-limit|attachment-size-limit]" setting + to limit the size of file attachments to wiki pages, tech notes, + tickets, and forum posts. + <li> Add the "[/help/path-to-tag|path-to-tag]" setting, which if set to + something like "release" provides a link named "path-to-release" on + /info pages for checkins. Clicking that link shows the path to the + first release containing that check-in. + <li> Addded several HTML5 tags deemed harmless to the MD/wiki allowlists. + <li> Fix various pages on deployments where a custom skin emits + its own <code>BODY</code> tag without the expected CSS classes. + <li> When behaving as an HTTP client, Fossil now always uses HTTP/1.1 and + it understands the "chunked" transfer encoding. + <li> The "diff" command (in all its variations) when invoked with --tk + now accepts an extra argument of the form "HOST:DIRECTORY" or + "USER@HOST:DIRECTORY" to specify a directory on a remote host in which + the diff is to be taken. The diff is run using SSH, the results are + captured, then displayed locally using the Tcl/Tk diff GUI. +</ol> + +<h2 id='v2_28'>Changes for version 2.28 (2026-03-11)</h2><ol> + <li> Improvements to [./antibot.wiki|anti-robot defenses]:<ol type="a"> + <li> The default configuration now allows robots to download any tarball + or similar, to better support of automated build systems. + <li> New special tag "zipX" for the [/help/robot-restrict|robot-restrict] + setting blocks robot access to tarballs, but with exceptions to support + automated build systems. + <li> Tags of the form "ext/PATH" in the robot-restrict setting block access + by robots to specific [./serverext.wiki|CGI extension] at PATH. + <li> Enhancements to the default value for the + [/help/robot-restrict|robot-restrict setting]. + </ol> + <li> A drop-down menu of recent branches is now possible for the submenu, and + is used in the [/dir?ci=trunk|code browser]. + <li> Simplified access to tarballs and ZIPs:<ol type="a"> + <li> When in the [/dir?ci=trunk|code browser] at the top-level, + a new "Download" submenu option is available to take the + user to a page where he can download a tarball or ZIP archive. + <li> New [/help/www/download|/download page] is available. When + configured using the new + [/help/suggested-downloads|suggested-downloads setting], a + link to [/download] named "Tarballs and ZIPs" appears in the + [/sitemap] and thus on the hamburger menu. + <li> The robot-resistant [/help/www/rchvdwnld|/rchvdwnld page] can be + used to provide human access to on-demand generated ZIP archives + and tarballs. This page is used to help implement the two previous + subitems. + <li> The filenames for tarballs and ZIPs are now standardized to + include a timestamp and a hash prefix. + <li> New "[/help/get|fossil get]" command downloads and unpacks a specific + check-in without having to clone the repository. + </ol> + <li> Web-based [/help/www/timeline|timeline] enhancements:<ol type="a"> + <li> A new "Simple" view is available. This is compromise between "Verbose" + and "Compact" that shows only the check-in hash rather than the full + detail section. There is an ellipsis that one can click on to see the + full detail text. + <li> The artifact hash in the detail section of each timeline entry is now + emphasized (controlled by CSS) to make it easier to locate amid all + the other text and links. + <li> When clicking on the ellipsis in "Compact" or "Simple" views, the + ellipsis is replaced by a left arrow ("←") which can be clicked to + hide the extra detail again. + <li> New setting [/help/timeline-mark-leaves|timeline-mark-leaves] controls + whether or not leaf check-ins are marked in the timeline. + <li> "No-graph" timelines (using the "ng" query parameter) now show + branch colors and bare check-in circles on the left. The check-in + circles appear, but no lines connecting them. + ([/timeline?ng|example]). + </ol> + <li> Labels in Markdown now have IDs generated using the GitHub "slugify" + algorithm. + <li> The [/help/timeline|timeline command] is enhanced with the new options + "<tt>-u|--for-user</tt>" to filter by user, and "<tt>-r</tt>" to display + entries in chronological order. + <li> The [/help/open|open command]'s new "<tt>--reopen REPOFILE</tt>" flag + can be used to fix a checkout after moving its repository file. + <li> Update internal Unicode character tables, used in regular expression + handling, from version 13 to 17. + <li> Add a zoom-message option to [/help/www/chat|/chat] to better support + pikchr diagrams. + <li> The new [/help/system|fossil system] (often abbreviated as just "fossil sys") + provides a few common unix-like commands that are missing on some + platforms. This is a convenience for Unix-based developers who occasionally + need to work on ill-provisioned alternative platforms. The set of commands + currently offered is small, but is expected to grow in future releases. + <li> The [/help/www/help|/help webpage] now accepts queries of the form + "/help/CMD" to show help for the command or setting CMD and + "/help/www/PAGE" to show help for webpage PAGE. + <li> Add the -t and -T options to the [/help/praise|fossil praise] command. + <li> The [/help/clone|fossil clone] command adds the --ipv6 option. + <li> Add "-s" and "--stop" as aliases for the "--stop-on-error" option in + the [/help/all|fossil all] command. + <li> Add the "-h|--hash" option to the [/help/whatis|fossil whatis] command. +</ol> + +<h2 id='v2_27'>Changes for version 2.27 (2025-09-30)</h2><ol> + <li> Close a potential Denial-of-Service attack against any public-facing Fossil + server involving exponential behavior in Fossil's regexp implementation. + <li> Fix a SQL injection on the [/help/www/file|/file page]. Thanks to + additional defenses built into Fossil, as well as good luck, this injection + is not exploitable for either data exfiltration or privilege escalation. The + only possible result of invoking the injection is a harmless SQL syntax error. + <li> Strengthen robot defenses to help prevent public-facing servers from being + overwhelmed by the latest generation of AI spiders. + <ol type="a"> + <li> New javascript captcha used to restrict access by user "nobody" to pages + listed in the [/help/robot-restrict|robot-restrict setting]. + <li> The [/help/robot-exception|robot-exception setting] is available to allow + access to pages that match a regular expression. Use this, for example, to + allow curl scripts and similar to download release tarballs. + <li> Require at least an anonymous login to access the /blame page and similar. + </ol> + <li> [/help/www/timeline|Timeline] enhancements: + <ol type="a"> + <li> The chng= query parameter on the [/help/www/timeline|timeline page] + so that it works with other query parameters like p=, d=, from=, and to=. + <li> Always include nodes identify by sel1= and sel2= in the /timeline display. + <li> Improved title when p= and d= are different. + </ol> + <li> Enable the --editor option on the [/help/amend|fossil amend] command. + <li> When walking the filesystem looking for Fossil repositories, avoid descending + into directories named "/proc". + <li> Reduce memory requirements for sending authenticated sync protocol + messages. + <li> Show numstat-style change statistics in the /info and /ckout pages. + <li> Add the [/help/stash | stash rename] subcommand. + <li> Add the "-h" option to the "[/help/ls|ls]" command to display + file hashes for a specific check-in when in verbose mode. + </ol> + +<h2 id='v2_26'>Changes for version 2.26 (2025-04-30)</h2><ol> + <li>Enhancements to [/help/diff|fossil diff] and similar: + <ol type="a"> + <li> The argument to the --from option can be a directory name, causing + Fossil to use files under that directory as the baseline for the diff. + <li> For "gdiff", if no [/help/gdiff-command|gdiff-command setting] + is defined, Fossil tries to do a --tk diff if "tclsh" and "wish" + are available, or a --by diff if not. + <li> The "Reload" button is added to --tk diffs, to bring the displayed + diff up to date with the latest changes on disk. + <li> Add the "Hide diffs/Show diffs" toggle to web-UI diff pages that show + diffs of multiple files. + </ol> + <li>Added the [/help/www/ckout|/ckout web page] to provide information + about pending changes in a working check-out + <li>Enhancements to the [/help/ui|fossil ui] command: + <ol type="a"> + <li> Defaults to using the new [/help/www/ckout|/ckout page] as its + start page. Or, if the new "--from PATH" option is present, the + default start page becomes "/ckout?exbase=PATH". + <li> The new "--extpage FILENAME" option opens the named file as if it + where in a [./serverext.wiki|CGI extension]. Example usage: the + person editing this change log has + "fossil ui --extpage www/changes.wiki" running and hence can + press "Reload" on the web browser to view edits. + <li> Accept both IPv4 and IPv6 connections on all platforms, including + Windows and OpenBSD. This also applies to the "fossil server" + command. + </ol> + <li>Enhancements to [/help/merge|fossil merge]: + <ol type="a"> + <li> Added the [/help/merge-info|fossil merge-info] command and + especially the --tk option to that command, to provide analysis + of the most recent merge or update operation. + <li> When a merge conflict occurs, a new section is added to the conflict + text that shows Fossil's suggested resolution to the conflict. + </ol> + <li>Enhancements to [/help/commit|fossil commit]: + <ol type="a"> + <li> If Fossil sees potential formatting mistakes (ex: bad hyperlinks) + in the check-in comment, it will alert the developer and give + him or her the opportunity to edit the comment before continuing. + This feature is controllable by the + [/help/verify-comments|verify-comments setting]. + <li> The new "--if-changes" option causes the commit to become + a quiet no-op if there are no pending changes. + <li> Added the ability to sign check-ins with SSH keys. Artifacts signed + this way are ignored by all previous fossil versions, as if they + were plain-text file content instead of Fossil artifacts. + <li> Issue a warning if a user tries to commit on a check-in where the + branch has been changed. + <li> The interactive checkin comment prompt shows the formatting rules + set for that repository. + <li> Add the "--editor" option. + </ol> + <li>Deprecate the --comfmtflags and --comment-format global options and + no longer list them in the built-in help, but keep them working for + backwards compatibility. + Alternative TTY comment formatting can still be specified using the + [/help/comment-format|comment-format setting], if desired. The + default comment format is now called "canonical", not "legacy". + <li>Enhancements to the [/help/www/timeline|/timeline page]: + <ol type="a"> + <li> Added the "ml=" ("Merge-in List") query parameter that works + like "rl=" ("Related List") but adds "mionly" style related + check-ins instead of the full "rel" style. + <li> For "tl=", "rl=", and "ml=", the order of the branches in the + graph now tries to match the order of the branches named in + the list. + <li> The "ms=" ("Match Style") query parameter is honored for + "tl=", "rl=", and "ml=". + <li> New query parameter "sl=BRANCHLIST" ("Sort List") strives to + put branches in the specified order in the graph. This + overrides any "tl=" or similar ordering. + <li> In the various "from=","to=" query formats, if the one of the + end points is an ancestor of the other, then the "rel" modifier + omits check-ins that are not ancestors of the newer endpoint. + <li> For "tl=" and similar query parameters, if the pattern contains + GLOB characters, then the matching style ("ms=") is set to GLOB + automatically and the "ms=" query parameter can be omitted. + <li> Enhance the "ymd" query parameter so that when used like + "ymd=YYYYMMDD-YYYYMMDD" it shows all events in the range of + dates specified. + <li> Accept the "Z" (Zulu-time) suffix on date arguments for the + "ymd" and "yw" query parameters. + <li> The new "min" query parameter, when added to a from=,to= query, + collapses long runs of check-ins on the same branch into just + end-points. + <li> The p= and d= parameters can now reference different check-ins, + in which case the timeline shows those check-ins that are both + ancestors of p= and descendants of d=. + <li> The saturation and intensity of user-specified checkin and branch + background colors are automatically adjusted to keep the colors + compatible with the current skin, unless the + [/help/raw-bgcolor|raw-bgcolor setting] is turned on. + </ol> + <li>The [/help/www/docfile|/docfile webpage] was added. It works like + /doc but keeps the title of markdown documents with the document rather + that moving it up to the page title. + <li>Added the [/help/www/clusterlist|/clusterlist page] for analysis + and debugging + <li>Added the "artifact_to_json(NAME)" SQL function that returns a JSON + decoding of the artifact described by NAME. + <li>Improvements to the [/help/patch|fossil patch] command: + <ol type="a"> + <li> Fix a bug in "fossil patch create" that causes + [/help/revert|fossil revert] operations that happened + on individualfiles after a [/help/merge|fossil merge] + to be omitted from the patch. + <li> Added the [/help/patch|patch alias] command for managing + aliases for remote checkout names. + </ol> + <li>Enhancements to on-line help and the [/help/help|fossil help] command: + <ol type="a"> + <li> Add the ability to search the help text, either in the UI + (on the [/help/www/search|/search page]) or from the command-line + (using the "[/help/search|fossil search -h PATTERN]" command.) + <li> Accepts an optional SUBCOMMAND argument following the + COMMAND argument and only shows results for the specified + subcommand, not the entire command. + <li> The -u (--usage) option shows only the command-line syntax + <li> The -o (--options) option shows only the command-line options + </ol> + <li>Enhancements to the [./tickets.wiki|ticket system]: + <ol type="a"> + <li> Added the ability to attach wiki pages to a ticket for extended + descriptions. + <li> Added submenu to the 'View Ticket' page, to use it as + template for a new ticket. + <li> Added button 'Submit and New' to create multiple tickets + in a row. + <li> Link the version field in ticket view to a matching checkin or tag. + <li> Show creation time in report and ticket view. + <li> Show previous comments in edit ticket as reference. + </ol> + <li>Added the "hash" query parameter to the + [/help/www/whatis|/whatis webpage]. + <li>Add a "user permissions changes" [/doc/trunk/www/alerts.md|subscription] + which alerts subscribers when an admin creates a new user or + when a user's permissions change. + <li>If the FOSSIL_REPOLIST_SHOW environment variable exists and contains + the substring "description", then the project description for each repository + is shown on the repository list page. The login-group for each project is + now only shown if the FOSSIL_REPOLIST_SHOW environment variable exists and + contains the substring "login-group". ([./cgi.wiki#repolist|More information]) + <li>The [/doc/trunk/www/th1.md|TH1 script language] is enhanced for improved + security: + <ol type="a"> + <li> TH1 now makes a distinction between + [/doc/trunk/www/th1.md#taint|tainted and untainted string values]. + This makes it more difficult to write custom TH1 scripts that + contain XSS or SQL-injection bugs. The + [/help/vuln-report|vuln-report] setting was added to control + what Fossil does when it encounters a potential TH1 + security problem. + <li> The "--th" option was removed from the [/help/pikchr|fossil pikchr] + command. + <li> The "enable_htmlify" TH1 command was removed. + </ol> + <li>Make [/help/www/chat|/chat] better-behaved during server outages, reducing + the frequency of reconnection attempts over time and providing feedback + to the user when the connection is down. + <li>The [/help/www/sqlar|/sqlar] page does not work for users who are not logged + in, nor are links to that page displayed to users who are not logged in. Being + logged in as "anonymous" is sufficient to overcome this restriction, assuming + that "anonymous" can download tarballs and ZIP archives. + <li>Many other minor fixes and additions. +</ol> + +<h2 id='v2_25'>Changes for version 2.25 (2024-11-06)</h2> + + * The "[/help/ui|fossil ui /]" command now works even for repositories + that have non-ASCII filenames + * Add the [/help/tree|fossil tree] command. + * On case-insensitive filesystems, store files using the filesystem's + preferred case rather than the case typed in by the user. + * Change the name "fossil cherry-pick" command to "fossil cherrypick", + which is more familiar to Git users. Retain the legacy name for + compatibility. + * Add new query parameters to the [/help/www/timeline|/timeline page]: + d2=, p2=, and dp2=. + * Add options to the [/help/tag|fossil tag] command that will list tag values. + * Add the -b|--brief option to the [/help/status|fossil status] command. + * Add ability to upload unversioned files via the [/help/www/uvlist|/uvlist page]. + * Add history search to the [/help/www/chat|/chat page]. + * Add Unix socket support to the [/help/server|server command]. + * On Windows, use the root certificates managed by the operating system + (requires OpenSSL 3.2.0 or greater). + * Take into account zero-width and double-width unicode characters when + formatting the command-line timeline. + * Update the built-in SQLite to version 3.47.0. Precompiled binaries are + linked against OpenSSL 3.4.0. + * Numerous minor fixes and additions. + + +<h2 id='v2_24'>Changes for version 2.24 (2024-04-23)</h2> + + * Apache change work-around → As part of a security fix, the Apache webserver + mod_cgi module has stopped relaying the Content-Length field of the HTTP + reply header from the CGI programs back to the client in cases where the + connection is to be closed and the client is able to read until end-of-file. + The HTTP and CGI specs allow for this, though it does seem rude. + Older versions of Fossil were depending on the Content-Length header field + being set. To work around the change to Apache, Fossil has + been enhanced to cope with a missing Content-Length in the reply header. See + [forum:/forumpost/12ac403fd29cfc89|forum thread 12ac403fd29cfc89]. + * [./customskin.md|Skin] enhancements: + <ul> + <li> Reworked the default skin to make everything more readable: larger + fonts, more whitespace, deeper indents to show hierarchy and to + offset command examples, etc. Adjusted colors slightly to bring + things into better accord with the WCAG accessibility guidelines. + This constitutes a <strong>breaking change</strong> for those with + custom skins; see [./customskin.md#version-2.24 | this section of + the docs] for migration advice. + <li> Add a new link added to the [/login] page that allows the user to + [/skins|select their preferred skin]. This preference is stored in + the [/fdscookie|fossil display_settings cookie]. + <li> The /setup_skin_admin page is simplified to let administrators easily + select one of the built-in skins as a default, or to specify a + custom skin. + </ul> + * If an "ssh:" sync fails in a way that suggests that the fossil executable + could not be found on the remote host, then retry after adding a PATH= + prefix to the command. This helps "ssh:" to "just work" when the server + is a Mac. + * Enhancements to the [/help/www/timeline|/timeline page]: + <ul> + <li> Add the x= query paramater + <li> Add the shortcut tl= and rl= query parameters + <li> Add support for from=,ft= and from=,bt= query parameter combinations + <li> Automatically highlight the endpoints for from=,to= queries. + <li> Add the to2=Z query parameter to augment from=X,to=Y so that the + path from X to Z is shown if Y cannot be found. + </ul> + * Moved the /museum/repo.fossil file referenced from the Dockerfile from + the ENTRYPOINT to the CMD part to allow use of --repolist mode. + * The [/uvlist] page now shows the hash algorithm used so that + viewers don't have to guess. The hash is shown in a fixed-width + font for a more visually pleasing display. + * If the [/help/autosync|autosync setting] contains keyword "all", + the automatic sync occurs against all defined remote repositories, not + just the default. + * Markdown formatter: improved handling of indented fenced code blocks + that contain blank lines. + * When doing a "[/help/add|fossil add]" on a system with case-insensitive + but case-preserving filenames (Mac and Windows) try to use the filename + case as it is known to the filesystem, not the case entered by the + user on the command-line. See + [forum:/forumpost/30d9c0d131610f53|forum thread 30d9c0d131610f53]. + * Fix problems with one-click unsubscribe on email notifications. + * Import the latest [/doc/trunk/www/pikchr.md|Pikchr] containing support + for "diamond" objects. + * Add ability to render committed Pikchr files to SVG via + <samp>/doc/…/foo.pikchr?popup</samp> URLs. + * Update Fossil's internal robot detection logic so that it correctly + identifies the new GoogleOther crawler as a robot. + +<h2 id='v2_23'>Changes for version 2.23 (2023-11-01)</h2> + + * Add ability to "close" forum threads, such that unprivileged users + may no longer respond to them. Only administrators can close + threads or respond to them by default, and the + [/help/forum-close-policy|forum-close-policy setting] can be + used to add that capability to moderators. + * Add the [/help/all|fossil all whatis] command. + * The [/help/status|fossil status] command and relevant UI pages now + correctly report files which were both renamed <b>and</b> edited as such. + * Show default value of settings that have a default in + [/help/help|fossil help SETTING] output. + * On timeline graphs, show closed check-ins using an X in the middle of the + node circle or box. + * New options for email notification: Get email only for the first + post in each new thread, and/or posts that are in reply to my posts. + * Fix a regression bug introduced in version 2.22 that caused FTS5 searches + to fail for terms containing non-ASCII characters. + * Improved defense-in-depth against malicious attack: + <ul> + <li> When an attempted SQL injection attack is detected, return + HTTP result code 418, which can signal the web server to sanction + the attacking IP address. + <li> Better defense against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) + attacks. + <li> Improvements to static analysis of source code (the codecheck1.c + file in the source tree). + </ul> + * Enhance the [/help/www/dir|treeview file listings] + ([/dir?type=tree&ci=trunk|example]) by displaying file sizes + and adding the option to sort by file size. + * The [/help/fts-config|fossil fts-config] command now shows how much + repository space is used by the full-text index. + * Changing a setting to an empty string is now the same as deleting the + setting, in most cases. There are a few exceptions, indicated by the + keep-empty flag on the setting definition. + * The [/help/branch|fossil branch list] command can now filter branches + that have/have not been merged into the current branch. + * Improvements to interactions with remote repositories over SSH: + <ul> + <li> Print the text of the SSH command that is run to do remote interaction, + for full disclosure to the operator. + <li> Add a PATH= argument to the [/help/ui|fossil ui remote:/] and + [/help/patch|fossil patch push/pull remote:...] commands so that + they work when the "remote" machine is a Mac and the "fossil" + executable is in the $HOME/bin directory. + </ul> + * Update built-in libraries SQLite, ZLib, Pikchr to their latest versions. + * Documentation enhancements and typo fixes. + + +<h2 id='v2_22'>Changes for version 2.22 (2023-05-31)</h2> + * Enhancements to the [/help/www/timeline|/timeline webpage]: <ol type="a"> + <li> Add the ft=TAG query parameter which in combination with d=Y + shows all descendants of Y up to TAG + <li> Enhance the s=PATTERN (search) query parameter so that forum post + text is also searched when the "vfx" query parameter is used + <li> Fix the u= (user) query parameter so that it works with a= and b= + <li> Add the oldestfirst query parameter to show the events in reverse order. + Useful in combination with y=f and vfs and perhaps also u= to show all + forum events in chronological order + <li> For the p=X and bt=Y query parameter combination, if Y is a tag that + identifies multiple check-ins, search backwards in time for Y beginning + at X + </ol> + * Administrators can select to skip sending notifications about new forum + posts. + * If the value N is negative in "--context N" or "-c N" to the various diff + commands, then treat it as infinite and show the complete file content. + * The stock OCI container no longer includes BusyBox, thus no longer + needs to start as root to chroot that power away. That in turn + frees us from needing to build and install the container as root, + since it no longer has to create a private <tt>/dev</tt> tree + inside the jail for Fossil's use. + * Add support for the trigram tokenizer for FTS5 search to enable + searching in Chinese. + * Comment lines (starting with a '#') are now supported inside + [./settings.wiki#versionable|versioned settings]. + * Default permissions for anonymous users in new repositories are + changed to "hz". + * The [/help/status|fossil status] command now detects when a + file used to be a symlink and has been replaced by a regular file. + (It previously checked for the inverse case only.) + * The [/help/empty-dirs|empty-dirs setting] now reuses the same + parser as the *-glob settings instead of its prior idiosyncratic + parser, allowing quoted whitespace in patterns. + * Enhancements to the [/help/www/reports|/reports webpage]: + <ol type="a"> + <li> The by-week, by-month, and by-year options now show an estimated + size of the current week, month, or year as a dashed box. + <li> New sub-categories "Merge Check-ins" and "Non-Merge Check-ins". + </ol> + +<h2 id='v2_21'>Changes for version 2.21 (2023-02-25)</h2> + * Users can request a password reset. This feature is disabled by default. + Use the new [/help/self-pw-reset|self-pw-reset property] to enable it. + New web pages [/help/www/resetpw|/resetpw] and + [/help/www/reqpwreset|/reqpwreset] added. + * Add the [/help/repack|fossil repack] command (together with + [/help/all|fossil all repack]) as a convenient way to optimize the + size of one or all of the repositories on a system. + * Add the ability to put text descriptions on ticket report formats. + * Upgrade the test-find-pivot command to the [/help/merge-base|merge-base command]. + * The [/help/www/chat|/chat page] can now embed fossil-rendered + views of wiki/markdown/pikchr file attachments with the caveat that such + embedding happens in an iframe and thus does not inherit styles and such + from the containing browser window. + * The [/help/all|fossil all remote] subcommand added to "fossil all". + * Passwords for remembered remote repositories are now stored as irreversible + hashes rather than obscured clear-text, for improved security. + * Add the "nossl" and "nocompress" options to CGI. + * Update search infrastructure from FTS4 to FTS5. + * Add the [/help/www/deltachain|/deltachain] page for debugging purposes. + * Writes to the database are disabled by default if the HTTP request + does not come from the same origin. This enhancement is a defense in depth + measure only; it does not address any known vulnerabilities. + * Improvements to automatic detection and mitigation of attacks from + malicious robots. + +<h2 id='v2_20'>Changes for version 2.20 (2022-11-16)</h2> + * Added the [/help/chat-timeline-user|chat-timeline-user setting]. If + it is not an empty string, then any changes that would appear on the timeline + are announced in [./chat.md|the chat room]. + * The /unsubscribe page now requests confirmation. [./alerts.md|Email notifications] + now contain only an "Unsubscribe" link, and not a link to subscription management. + * Added the "[/help/branch|fossil branch lsh]" subcommand to list the + most recently modified branches. + * More elements of the /info page are now inside of an accordion. + * Replace the <tt>--dryrun</tt> flag with <tt>--dry-run</tt> in all + commands which still used the former name, for consistency. + * Rebuilt [/file/Dockerfile | the stock Dockerfile] to create a "from scratch" + Busybox based container image via an Alpine Linux intermediary + * Added [/doc/trunk/www/containers.md | a new document] describing how to + customize, use, and run that container. + * Added "by hour of day" report to [/reports?view=byhour|the /reports page]. + * Improved correctness, usability, and efficiency for the case + [/timeline?r=deltify-tkt-blobs|when values in a TICKET's column + tend to be long and volatile]. + * Fixed a bug [/info/ea5afad31f478396 | introduced in 2.17] that + prevented <tt>clone --unversioned</tt> from completing the + retrieval of UV files from the remote repo. While fixing that, enabled + UV tracing output with <tt>clone --unversioned --verbose</tt>, making it + consonant with <tt>uv sync --verbose</tt>. + +<h2 id='v2_19'>Changes for version 2.19 (2022-07-21)</h2> + * On file listing pages, sort filenames using the "uintnocase" collating + sequence, so that filenames that contains embedded integers sort in + numeric order even if they contain a different number of digits. + (Example: "fossil_80_..." comes before "fossil_100.png" in the + [/dir?ci=92fd091703a28c07&name=skins/blitz|/skins/blitz] directory listing.) + * Enhancements to the graph layout algorithm design to improve readability + and promote better situational awareness. + * Performance enhancement for the + [./checkin_names.wiki#root|"root:BRANCHNAME" style of tag], + accomplished using a Common Table Expression in the underlying SQL. + * Sort tag listings (command line and webpage) by taking numbers into + consideration so as to cater for tags that follow semantic versioning. + * On the wiki listings, omit by default wiki pages that are associated with + check-ins and branches. + * Add the new "[/help/describe|fossil describe]" command. + * Markdown subsystem extended with [../src/markdown.md#ftnts|footnotes support]. + See corresponding [../test/markdown-test3.md|test cases], + [/wiki?name=branch/markdown-footnotes#il|known limitations] and + [forum:/forumthread/ee1f1597e46ec07a|discussion]. + * Add the new special name "start:BRANCH" to refer to the first check-in of + the branch. + * Support [/wiki?name=branch/generated-tkt-mimetype&p|generated "mimetype"] + columns in the <var>TICKET</var> and <var>TICKETCHNG</var> tables. + * Fix [/timeline?r=fix_remote_url_overwrite_with_proxy|remote-url-overwrite] + bug where remote-url is overwritten by the proxy setting during sync + operation. Also require explicit "system" proxy setting to use + "http_proxy" environment variable. + * Reimplemented the [/pikchrshow] app to use a WebAssembly build of + pikchr so that it can render pikchrs on the client instead of requiring + a server round-trip. + * Add the [/help/email-listid|email-listid setting]. If set, it is + used as the List-ID header for all outbound notification emails. + * Add the "--branch" option to the "[/help/timeline|timeline]" command + to restrict the displayed items to a specific branch. + * Add the "--versions" option to "[/help/diff|fossil diff]" + to display details about the compared versions into the patch header. + * Numerous other minor enhancements. + +<h2 id='v2_18'>Changes for version 2.18 (2022-02-23)</h2> + * Added support for [./ssl-server.md|SSL/TLS server mode] for commands + like "[/help/server|fossil server]" and "[/help/http|fossil http]" + * The new [/help/cherry-pick|cherry-pick command] is an alias for + [/help/merge|merge --cherrypick]. + * Add new setting "[/help/large-file-size|large-file-size]". If the size + of any file in a commit exceeds this size, a warning is issued. + * Query parameter "year=YYYY" is now accepted by [/help/www/timeline|/timeline]. + * The [/help/tar|tar] and [/help/zip|zip commands] no longer + sterilize the manifest file. + * Further improvement to diff alignment in cases that involve both + edits and indentation changes. + * [/doc/trunk/www/chat.md|Chat] improvements:<ul> + <li> [/help/www/chat|The /chat page] input options have been reworked + again for better cross-browser portability. + <li> When sending a [/help/www/chat|/chat] message fails, it is no longer + immediately lost and sending may optionally be retried. + <li> [/help/www/chat|/chat] can now optionally embed attachments of certain + types directly into message bodies via an iframe. + <li> Add the "--as FILENAME" option to the "[/help/chat|fossil chat send]" + command. + <li> Added the "[/help/chat|fossil chat pull]" command, available to + administrators only, for backing up the chat conversation. + </ul> + * Promote the test-detach command into the [/help/detach|detach command]. + * For "[/help/pull|fossil pull]" with the --from-parent-project option, + if no URL is specified then use the last URL from the most recent prior + "fossil pull --from-parent-project". + * Add options --project-name and --project-desc to the + "[/help/init|fossil init]" command. + * The [/help/www/ext|/ext page] generates the SERVER_SOFTWARE environment + variable for clients. + * Fix the REQUEST_URI [/doc/trunk/www/aboutcgi.wiki#cgivar|CGI variable] such + that it includes the query string. This is how most other systems understand + REQUEST_URI. + * Added the --transport-command option to [/help/sync|fossil sync] + and similar. + +<h2 id='v2_17'>Changes for version 2.17 (2021-10-09)</h2> + + * Major improvements to the "diff" subsystem, including: <ul> + <li> Added new [/help/diff|formatting options]: --by, -b, --webpage, --json, --tcl. + <li> Partial-line matching for unified diffs + <li> Better partial-line matching for side-by-side diffs + <li> Buttons on web-based diffs to show more context + <li> Performance improvements + </ul> + * The --branchcolor option on [/help/commit|fossil commit] and + [/help/amend|fossil amend] can now take the value "auto" to + force Fossil to use its built-in automatic color choosing algorithm. + * Fossil now [./concepts.wiki#workflow|autosyncs] prior to running + [/help/open|fossil open]. + * Add the [/help/ticket-default-report|ticket-default-report setting], + which if set to the title of a ticket report causes that ticket report + to be displayed below the search box in the /ticket page. + * The "nc" query parameter to the [/help/www/timeline|/timeline] page + causes all graph coloring to be omitted. + * Improvements and bug fixes to the new "[/help/ui|fossil ui REMOTE]" + feature so that it works better on a wider variety of platforms. + * In [/help/www/wikiedit|/wikiedit], show the list of attachments for + the current page and list URLs suitable for pasting them into the page. + * Add the --no-http-compression option to [/help/sync|fossil sync] + and similar. + * Print total payload bytes on a [/help/sync|fossil sync] when using + the --verbose option. + * Add the <tt>close</tt>, <tt>reopen</tt>, <tt>hide</tt>, and + </tt>unhide</tt> subcommands to [/help/branch|the branch command]. + * The "-p" option to [/help/branch|fossil branch list] shows only + private branches. + * The [/md_rules|Markdown formatter] now interprets the content of + block HTML markup (such as <table>) in most cases. Only content + of <pre> and <script> is passed through verbatim. + * The [/help/wiki|wiki list command] no longer lists "deleted" + pages by default. Use the new <tt>--all</tt> option to include deleted + pages in the output. + * The [/help/all|fossil all git status] command only shows reports for + the subset of repositories that have a configured Git export. + * The [/help/www/chat|/chat] configuration was reimplemented and + provides new options, including the ability for a repository + administrator to + [./chat.md#notifications|extend the selection of notification sounds] + using unversioned files. + * Chat now uses fossil's full complement of markdown features, + instead of the prior small subset of markup it previously supported. + This retroactively applies to all chat messages, as they are + markdown-processed when they are sent instead of when they + are saved. + * Added a chat message preview mode so messages can be previewed + before being sent. Similarly, added a per-message ability to view + the raw un-parsed message text. + * The hotkey to activate preview mode in [/help/www/wikiedit|/wikiedit], + [/help/www/fileedit|/fileedit], and [/help/www/pikchrshow|/pikchrshow] + was changed from ctrl-enter to shift-enter in order to align with + [/help/www/chat|/chat]'s new preview feature and related future + changes. + +<h2 id='v2_16'>Changes for Version 2.16 (2021-07-02)</h2> + * <b>Security:</b> Fix the client-side TLS so that it verifies that the + server hostname matches its certificate. + * The default "ssh" command on Windows is changed to "ssh" instead of the + legacy "plink", as ssh is now generally available on Windows systems. + Installations that still need to use the legacy "plink" can make that + happen by running: '<tt>fossil set ssh-command "plink -ssh" --global</tt>'. + * Added the [./patchcmd.md|fossil patch] command. + * The [/help/ui|fossil ui] command is enhanced in multiple ways:<ol> + <li> The REPOSITORY argument can be the name of a check-out directory. + <li> If the REPOSITORY argument is prefixed by "HOST:" or "USER@HOST:" + then the ui is run on the remote machine and tunnelled back to the local + machine using ssh. (The latest version of fossil must be installed on + both the local and the remote for this to work correctly.) + <li> The new --nobrowser and --fossilcmd options is provided. + </ol> + * The [/brlist|/brlist web page] allows the user to + select multiple branches to be displayed together in a single + timeline. + * The [./forum.wiki|Forum] provides a hyperlink on the author of each + post that goes to a timeline of recent posts by that same author. + * Added the "[/help/bisect|fossil bisect run]" command for improved + automation of bisects. + * The [/help/merge|fossil merge] command now does a better job merging + branches where files have been renamed between the current branch and the + branch being merged. + * The [/help/open|fossil open] command allows the repository file + to be inside the working directory without requiring the --force flag. + * The [/help/www/wikiedit|/wikiedit] and [/help/www/wikinew|/wikinew] + pages now default to markdown format. + * The [/help/www/login|/login] page now links to a user's forum post + timeline if the repository has forum posts. + * Tags may now be propagated for forum posts, wiki pages, and technotes. + The [/help/tag|tag command] can now manipulate and list such tags. + * [./caps/login-groups.md|Login-Groups] are now shown on the repository + list of the "[/help/all|fossil all ui]" command. + * Administrators can configure [./alerts.md|email alerts] to expire + a specific number of days (ex: 365) after the last user contact with + the Fossil server. This prevents alert emails being sent to + abandoned email accounts forever. + * SQL that defines [/tktsetup_tab|database objects for tickets] now + [/timeline?c=c717f1ef9a1a4c91|can DROP] a VIEW or an INDEX provided + that its name starts with '<code>ticket</code>' or '<code>fx_</code>'. + * Update the built-in SQLite to version 3.36.0. + * Numerous other minor enhancements. + +<h2 id='v2_15'>Changes for Version 2.15 (2021-03-26) and Patch 2.15.1 on (2021-04-07) + and 2.15.2 on (2021-06-15)</h2> + * <b>Patch 2.15.2:</b> Fix the client-side TLS so that it verifies that the + server hostname matches its certificate. <b>Upgrading to + the patch is recommended.</b> + * <b>Patch 2.15.1:</b> Fix a data exfiltration bug in the server. <b>Upgrading to + the patch is recommended.</b> + * The [./defcsp.md|default CSP] has been relaxed slightly to allow + images to be loaded from any URL. All other resources are still + locked down by default. + * The built-in skins all use the "[/help/mainmenu|mainmenu]" + setting to determine the content of the main menu. + The ability to edit the + "mainmenu" setting is added on the /Admin/Configuration page. + * The hamburger menu is now available on most of the built-in skins. + * Any built-in skin named "X" can be used instead of the standard + repository skin by adding the URL parameter <tt>skin=X</tt> to the + request. The selection is persisted using the display + preferences cookie unless the "once" query parameter is also + included. The [/skins] page may be used to select a skin. + * The [/cookies] page now gives the user an opportunity to delete + individual cookies. And the /cookies page is linked from the + /sitemap, so that it appears in hamburger menus. + * The [/sitemap] extensions are now specified by a single new + "[/help/sitemap-extra|sitemap-extra setting]", + rather than a cluster of various + "sitemap-*" settings. The older settings are no longer used. + <b>This change might require minor server configuration + adjustments on servers that use /sitemap extensions.</b> + The /Admin/Configuration page provides the ability to edit + the new "sitemap-extra" setting. + * Added the "--ckout-alias NAME" option to + [/help/ui|fossil ui], [/help/server|fossil server], and + [/help/http|fossil http]. This option causes Fossil to + understand URIs of the form "/doc/NAME/..." as if they were + "[/help/www/doc|/doc/ckout/...]", to facilitate testing of + [./embeddeddoc.wiki|embedded documentation] changes prior to + check-in. + * For diff web pages, if the diff type (unified versus side-by-side) + is not specified by a query parameter, and if the + "[/help/preferred-diff-type|preferred-diff-type]" + setting is omitted or less than 1, then select the diff type based + on a guess of whether or not the request is coming from a mobile + device. Mobile gets unified and desktop gets side-by-side. + * The various pages which show diffs now have toggles to show/hide + individual diffs. + * Add the "[/help/preferred-diff-type|preferred-diff-type]" + setting to allow an admin to force a default diff type. + * The "pikchr-background" setting is now available in + "detail.txt" skin files, for better control of Pikchr + colors in inverted color schemes. + * Add the <tt>--list</tt> option to the + [/help/tarball|tarball], + [/help/zip|zip], and [/help/sqlar|sqlar] + commands. + * The javascript used to implement the hamburger menu on the + default built-in skin has been made generic so that it is usable + by a variety of skins, and promoted to an ordinary built-in + javascript file. + * New TH1 commands: + "[/doc/trunk/www/th1.md#bireqjs|builtin_request_js]", + "[/doc/trunk/www/th1.md#capexpr|capexpr]", + "foreach", "lappend", and "string match" + * The [/help/leaves|leaves command] now shows the branch point + of each leaf. + * The [/help/add|fossil add] command refuses to add files whose + names are reserved by Windows (ex: "aux") unless the --allow-reserved + option is included. This helps prevent Unix users from accidentally + creating check-ins that are unreadable by Windows users. + * Add the "re=" query parameter to the [/help/www/dir|/dir] webpage, + for symmetry with the [/help/www/tree|/tree] page. + * Update the built-in SQLite to version 3.35.0. + * The ./configure script now has the --print-minimum-sqlite-version option + that prints the minimum SQLite version required by the current version + of Fossil. This might be used by integrators who insist on building + Fossil to link against the system SQLite library rather than the + built-in copy of SQLite, to verify that their system SQLite library + is recent enough. + * Webpage that shows [/help/www/whistory|history of a wiki page] + gained client-side UI to help with comparison between two arbitrary + versions of a wiki (by the means of anchoring a "baseline" version) + and the ability to squeeze several sequential edits made by the same + user into a single "recycled" row (the latest edit in that sequence). + +<h2 id='v2_14'>Changes for Version 2.14 (2021-01-20) and Patch 2.14.1 on (2021-04-07) + and 2.14.2 on (2021-06-15)</h2> + * <b>Patch 2.14.2:</b> Fix the client-side TLS so that it verifies that the + server hostname matches its certificate. <b>Upgrading to + the patch is recommended.</b> + * <b>Patch 2.14.1:</b> Fix a data exfiltration bug in the server. + <b>Upgrading to the patch is recommended.</b> + * <b>Schema Update Notice #1:</b> + This release drops a trigger from the database schema (replacing + it with a TEMP trigger that is created as needed). This + change happens automatically the first time you + add content to a repository using Fossil 2.14 or later. No + action is needed on your part. However, if you upgrade to + version 2.14 and then later downgrade or otherwise use an earlier + version of Fossil, the email notification mechanism may fail + to send out notifications for some events, due to the missing + trigger. If you want to + permanently downgrade an installation, then you should run + "[/help/rebuild|fossil rebuild]" after the downgrade + to get email notifications working again. If you are not using + email notification, then the schema change will not affect you in + any way. + * <b>Schema Update Notice #2:</b> + This release changes how the descriptions of wiki edits are stored + in the EVENT table, for improved display on timelines. You must + run "[/help/rebuild|fossil rebuild]" to take advantage of + this enhancement. Everything will still work without + "fossil rebuild", except you will get goofy descriptions of + wiki updates in the timeline. + * Add support for [./chat.md|Fossil chat]. + * The "[/help/clone|fossil clone]" command is enhanced so that + if the repository filename is omitted, an appropriate name is derived + from the remote URL and the newly cloned repo is opened. This makes + the clone command work more like Git, thus making it easier for + people transitioning from Git. + * Added the --mainbranch option to the [/help/git|fossil git export] + command. + * Added the --format option to the + "[/help/timeline|fossil timeline]" command. + * Enhance the --numstat option on the + "[/help/diff|fossil diff]" command so that it shows a total + number of lines added and deleted and total number of files + modified. + * Add the "contact" sub-command to [/help/user|fossil user]. + * Added commands "[/help/all|fossil all git export]" and + "[/help/all|fossil all git status]". + * Added the "df=CHECKIN" query parameter to the + [/help/www/timeline|/timeline page]. + * Improvements to the "[/sitemap]" page. Add subpages + [/sitemap-timeline] and [/sitemap-test]. + * Better text position in cylinder objects of Pikchr diagrams. + * New "details.txt" settings available to custom skins to better control + the rendering of Pikchr diagrams: + <ul> + <li> pikchr-foreground + <li> pikchr-scale + <li> pikchr-fontscale + </ul> + * Allow the use of SQL functions inside the ticket table definition + for custom ticket configurations. + * The built-in SQLite is updated to version 3.35.0 alpha containing + performance optimizations, especially performance associated with + startup, and minor improvements to the CLI. + * Performance optimizations to Fossil itself. + * Countless improvements and enhancements to the documentation + +<h2 id='v2_13'>Changes for Version 2.13 (2020-11-01)</h2> + + * Added support for [./interwiki.md|interwiki links]. + * Enable <del> and <ins> markup in wiki. + * Improvements to the Forum threading display. + * Added support for embedding [./pikchr.md|pikchr] + markup in markdown and fossil-wiki content. + * The new "[/help/pikchr|pikchr]" command can render + pikchr scripts, optionally pre-processed with + [/doc/trunk/www/th1.md|TH1] blocks and variables exactly like + site skins are. + * The new [/help/www/pikchrshow|pikchrshow] page provides an + editor and previewer for pikchr markup. + * In [/help/www/wikiedit|/wikiedit] and + [/help/www/fileedit|/fileedit], Ctrl-Enter can now be used + initiate a preview and to toggle between the editor and preview + tabs. + * The <tt>/artifact</tt> and <tt>/file</tt> views, when in + line-number mode, now support interactive selection of a range + of lines to hyperlink to. + * Enhance the [/help/www/finfo|/finfo] webpage so that when query + parameters identify both a filename and a checkin, the resulting + graph tracks the identified file across renames. + * The built-in SQLite is updated to an alpha of version 3.34.0, and + the minimum SQLite version is increased to 3.34.0 because the + /finfo change in the previous bullet depends on enhancements to + recursive common table expressions that are only available in + SQLite 3.34.0 and later. + * Countless other minor refinements and documentation improvements. + +<h2 id='v2_12'>Changes for Version 2.12.1 (2020-08-20)</h2> + + * (2.12.1): Fix client-side vulnerabilities discovered by Max Justicz. + * Security fix in the "[/help/git|fossil git export]" command. + The same fix is also backported to version 2.10.1 and 2.11.1. + New "safety-net" features were added to prevent similar problems + in the future. + * Enhancements to the graph display for cases when there are + many cherry-pick merges into a single check-in. + [/timeline?f=2d75e87b760c0a9|Example] + * Enhance the [/help/open|fossil open] command with the new + --workdir option and the ability to accept a URL as the repository + name, causing the remote repository to be cloned automatically. + Do not allow "fossil open" to open in a non-empty working directory + unless the --keep option or the new --force option is used. + * Enhance the markdown formatter to more closely follow the + [https://spec.commonmark.org/0.29/#emphasis-and-strong-emphasis|CommonMark specification] + with regard to text highlighting. + Underscores in the middle of identifiers (ex: fossil_printf()) + no longer need to be escaped. + * The markdown-to-html translator can prevent unsafe HTML + (for example: <script>) on user-contributed pages like forum and + tickets and wiki. The admin can adjust this behavior using + the [/help/safe-html|safe-html setting] on the Admin/Wiki page. + The default is to disallow unsafe HTML everywhere. + [https://fossil-scm.org/forum/forumpost/3714e6568f|Example]. + * Added the "collapse" and "expand" capability for long forum posts. + [https://fossil-scm.org/forum/forumpost/9297029862|Example] + * The "[/help/remote-url|fossil remote]" command now has options for + specifying multiple persistent remotes with symbolic names. Currently + only one remote can be used at a time, but that might change in the + future. + * Add the "Remember me?" checkbox on the login page. Use a session + cookie for the login if it is not checked. + * Added the experimental "[/help/hook|fossil hook]" command for + managing "hook scripts" that run before checkin or after a push. + * Enhance the [/help/revert|fossil revert] command so that it + is able to revert all files beneath a directory. + * Add the [/help/bisect|fossil bisect skip] command. + * Add the [/help/backup|fossil backup] command. + * Enhance [/help/bisect|fossil bisect ui] so that it shows all unchecked + check-ins in between the innermost "good" and "bad" check-ins. + * Added the <tt>--reset</tt> flag to the "[/help/add|fossil add]", + "[/help/rm|fossil rm]", and + "[/help/addremove|fossil addremove]" commands. + * Added the "<tt>--min</tt> <i>N</i>" and "<tt>--logfile</tt> <i>FILENAME</i>" + flags to the [/help/backoffice|backoffice] command, as well as other + enhancements to make the backoffice command a viable replacement for + automatic backoffice. Other incremental backoffice improvements. + * Added the [/help/www/fileedit|/fileedit page], which allows + editing of text files online. Requires explicit activation by + a setup user. + * Translate built-in help text into HTML for display on web pages. + [/help/help|Example]. + * On the [/help/www/timeline|/timeline] webpage, the combination + of query parameters "p=CHECKIN" and "bt=ANCESTOR" draws all + ancestors of CHECKIN going back to ANCESTOR. For example, + [/timeline?p=202006271506&bt=version-2.11] shows all ancestors + of the checkin that occurred on 2020-06-27 15:06 going back to + the 2.11 release. + * Update the built-in SQLite so that the + "[/help/sql|fossil sql]" command supports new output + modes ".mode box" and ".mode json". + * Add the "<tt>obscure()</tt>" SQL function to the + "[/help/sql|fossil sql]" command. + * Added virtual tables "<tt>helptext</tt>" and "<tt>builtin</tt>" to + the "[/help/sql|fossil sql]" command, providing access to the + dispatch table including all help text, and the builtin data files, + respectively. + * [./delta_format.wiki|Delta compression] is now applied to forum edits. + * The [/help/www/wikiedit|wiki editor] has been modernized and is + now Ajax-based. The WYSIWYG editing option for Fossil-format wiki + pages was removed. (Please let us know, via the site's Forum menu, + if that removal unduly impacts you.) This also changes the semantics + of the wiki "Sandbox": that pseudo-page may be freely edited but + no longer saved via the UI (the [/help/wiki|wiki CLI command] + can, though). + * The [/help/allow-symlinks|allow-symlinks setting] no longer + syncs. It must be activated individually on any clones which require + symlinks. + * Countless documentation enhancements. + +<h2 id='v2_11'>Changes for Version 2.11 (2020-05-25)</h2> + + * (2.11.2): Backport security fixes from 2.12.1 + * (2.11.1): Backport security fix for the "fossil git export" command. + * Support [/md_rules|Markdown] in the default ticket configuration. + * Timestamp strings in [./checkin_names.wiki|object names] + can now omit punctation. So, for example, "202004181942" and + "2020-04-18 19:42" mean the same thing. + * Enhance backlink processing so that it works with Markdown-formatted + tickets and so that it works for wiki pages. + Ticket [a3572c6a5b47cd5a]. + <ul><li> "[/help/rebuild|fossil rebuild]" is needed to + take full advantage of this fix. Fossil will continue + to work without the rebuild, but the new backlinks will be missing.</ul> + * The algorithm for finding the + [./tech_overview.wiki#configloc|location of the configuration database] + is enhanced to be XDG-compliant. + * Add a hide/show feature to + [./wikitheory.wiki#assocwiki|associated wiki] display on + check-in and branch information pages. + * Enhance the "[/help/info|fossil info]" command so that it + works with no arguments even if not within an open check-out. + * Many improvements to the forum and especially email notification + of forum posts, in response to community feedback after switching + SQLite support from a mailing list over to the forum. + * Minimum length of a self-registered user ID increased from 3 to 6 + characters. + * When the "vfx" query parameter is used on the + "[/help/www/timeline|/timeline]" page, it causes the complete + text of forum posts to be displayed. + * Rework the "[/help/grep|fossil grep]" command to be more useful. + * Expose the [/help/redirect-to-https|redirect-to-https] + setting to the [/help/settings|settings] command. + * Improve support for CGI on IIS web servers. + * The [./serverext.wiki|/ext page] can now render index files, + in the same way as the embedded docs. + * Most commands now support the Unix-conventional "<tt>--</tt>" + flag to treat all following arguments as filenames + instead of flags. + * Added the [/help/mimetypes|mimetypes config setting] + (versionable) to enable mimetype overrides and custom definitions. + * Add an option on the /Admin/Timeline setup page to set a default + timeline style other than "Modern". + * In [./embeddeddoc.wiki|embedded documentation], hyperlink URLs + of the form "/doc/$CURRENT/..." the "$CURRENT" text is translated + into the check-in hash for the document currently being viewed. + * Added the [/help/www/phantoms|/phantoms] webpage that shows all + phantom artifacts. + * Enhancements to phantom processing to try to reduce + bandwidth-using chatter about phantoms on the sync protocol. + * Security: Fossil now assumes that the schema of every + database it opens has been tampered with by an adversary and takes + extra precautions to ensure that such tampering is harmless. + * Security: Fossil now puts the Content-Security-Policy in the + HTTP reply header, in addition to also leaving it in the + HTML <head> section, so that it is always available, even + if a custom skin overrides the HTML <head> and omits + the CSP in the process. + * Output of the [/help/diff|fossil diff -y] command automatically + adjusts according to the terminal width. + * The Content-Security-Policy is now set using the + [/help/default-csp|default-csp setting]. + * Merge conflicts caused via the [/help/merge|merge] and + [/help/update|update] commands no longer leave temporary + files behind unless the new <tt>--keep-merge-files</tt> flag + is used. + * The [/help/www/artifact_stats|/artifact_stats page] is now accessible + to all users if the new "artifact_stats_enable" setting is turned + on. There is a new checkbox under the /Admin/Access menu to turn + that capability on and off. + * Add the [/help/tls-config|fossil tls-config] command for viewing + the TLS configuration and the list of SSL Cert exceptions. + * Captchas all include a button to read the captcha using an audio + file, so that they can be completed by the visually impaired. + * Stop using the IP address as part of the login cookie. + * Bug fix: fix the SSL cert validation logic so that if an exception + is allowed for particular site, the exception expires as soon as the + cert changes values. + * Bug fix: the FTS search into for forum posts is now kept up-to-date + correctly. + * Bug fix: the "fossil git export" command is now working on Windows + * Bug fix: display Technote items on the timeline correctly + * Bug fix: fix the capability summary matrix of the Security Audit + page so that it does not add "anonymous" capabilities to the + "nobody" user. + * Update internal Unicode character tables, used in regular expression + handling, from version 12.1 to 13. + * Many documentation enhancements. + * Many minor enhancements to existing features. + +<h2 id='v2_10'>Changes for Version 2.10 (2019-10-04)</h2> + + * (2.10.2): backport security fixes from 2.12.1 + * (2.10.1): backport security fix for the "fossil git export" command. + * Added support for [./serverext.wiki|CGI-based Server Extensions]. + * Added the [/help/repolist-skin|repolist-skin] setting used to + add style to repository list pages. + * Enhance the hierarchical display of Forum threads to do less + indentation and to provide links back to the previous message + in the thread. Provide sequential numbers for all messages in + a forum thread. + * Add support for fenced code blocks and improved hyperlink + processing to the [/md_rules|markdown formatter]. + * Add support for hyperlinks to wiki pages in the + [/md_rules|markdown formatter]. + * Enhance the [/help/www/stat|/stat] page so that it gives the + option to show a breakdown of forum posts. + * The special check-in name "merge-in:BRANCH" means the source of + the most recent merge-in from the parent branch of BRANCH. + * Add hyperlinks to branch-diffs on the /info page and from + timelines of a branch. + * Add graphical context on the [/help/www/vdiff|/vdiff] page. + * Uppercase query parameters, POST parameters, and cookie names are + converted to all lowercase and entered into the parameter set, + instead of being discarded. + * Change the default [./hashpolicy.wiki|hash policy] to SHA3. + * Timeout [./server/any/cgi.md|CGI requests] after 300 seconds, or + some other value set by the + [./cgi.wiki#timeout|"timeout:" property] in the CGI script. + * The check-in lock interval is reduced from 24 hours to 60 seconds, + though the interval is now configurable using a setting. + An additional check for conflicts is added after interactive + check-in comment entry, to compensate for the reduced lock interval. + * Performance optimizations. + * Many documentation improvements. + +<h2 id='v2_9'>Changes for Version 2.9 (2019-07-13)</h2> + + * Added the [/help/git|fossil git export] command and instructions + for [./mirrortogithub.md|creating a GitHub mirror of a Fossil project]. + * Improved handling of relative hyperlinks on the + [/help/www/artifact|/artifact] pages for wiki. For example, + hyperlinks and the lizard <img> now work correctly + for both [/artifact/2ff24ab0887cf522] and + [/doc/0d7ac90d575004c2415/www/index.wiki]. + * Enhancements to the timeline graph layout, to show more information + with less clutter. + * Added tool-tips to the /timeline graph. On by default but can be + disabled by setting the "Tooltip dwell time" to 0 in the timeline + configuration. + * Copy buttons added to various check-in hash and branch name links. + * Double-clicking on a /timeline graph node now jumps to the /info page + for the check-in. So, repurpose the timestamp hyperlink to show all + activity around that check-in in time. + * Added the [/help/touch|fossil touch] command, and the --setmtime + option on the [/help/open|fossil open] and + [/help/update|fossil update] commands. + * Many documentation enhancements. + * For the "[/help/update|fossil update]" and + "[/help/checkout|fossil checkout]" commands, if a + managed file is removed because it is no longer part of the target + check-in and the directory containing the file is empty after the + file is removed and the directory is not the current working + directory and is not on the [/help/empty-dirs|empty-dirs] + list, then also remove the directory. + * Update internal Unicode character tables, used in regular expression + handling, from version 11.0 to 12.1. + * In "[/help/regexp|fossil regexp]", "[/help/grep|fossil grep]" + and the TH1 "regexp" command, the -nocase option now removes multiple + diacritics from the same character (derived from SQLite's + remove_diacritics=2) + * Added the [/help/www/secureraw|/secureraw] page that requires the + complete SHA1 or SHA3 hash, not just a prefix, before it will deliver + content. + * Accept purely numeric ISO8601 date/time strings as long as they + do not conflict with a hash. Example: "20190510134217" instead of + "2019-05-10 13:42:17". This helps keep URLs shorter and less + complicated + * Support both "1)" and "1." for numbered lists in markdown, as + commonmark does. + * The sync and clone HTTP requests omit the extra /xfer path element + from the end of the request URI. All servers since 2010 know that + the HTTP request is for a sync or clone from the mimetype so the + extra path element is not needed. + * If an automatic sync gets a permanent redirect request, then update + the saved remote URL to the new address. + * Temporary filenames (for example used for external "diff" commands) + try to preserve the suffix of the original file. + * Added the [/help/www/thisdayinhistory|/thisdayinhistory] web page. + * Enhanced parsing of [/help/www/timeline|/timeline] query parameters + "ymd=", "ym=", and "yw=". All arguments are option (in which case they + default to the current time) and all accept ISO8601 date/times without + punctuation. + * Automatically disapprove pending moderation requests for a user when + that user is deleted. This helps in dealing with spam-bots. + * Improvements to the "Capability Summary" section in the + [/help/www/secaudit0|Security Audit] web-page. + * Use new "ci-lock" and "ci-lock-failed" pragmas in the + [./sync.wiki|sync protocol] to try to prevent accident forks + caused by concurrent commits when operating in auto-sync mode. + * Fix a bug ([https://fossil-scm.org/forum/forumpost/c51b9a1169|details]) + that can cause repository databases to be overwritten with debugging + output, thus corrupting the repository. This is only a factor when + CGI debugging is enabled, and even then is a rare occurrence, but it is + obviously an important fix. + +<h2 id='v2_8'>Changes for Version 2.8 (2019-02-20)</h2> + + * Show cherry-pick merges as dotted lines on the timeline graph. + → The "fossil rebuild" command must be run to create and + populate the new "cherrypick" table in the repository in order + for this feature to operate. + * Add the ability to associate branches, check-ins, and tags with + specially-named Wiki pages. This gives the ability to better + document branches and tags, and provide more documentation on + check-ins beyond the check-in comment. The associated Wiki is + automatically displayed on /info pages for check-ins, and on + /timeline?r=BRANCH and /timeline?t=TAG pages for branches and + tags. This feature is on by default, but can be disabled in on + the Admin/Wiki page. + * Enhance the repository list page (shown for example by + "fossil all ui") so that it shows the name and last check-in + time for each project. The implementation of the repository + list page is now broken out into a separate source file (repolist.c). + * Allow users with Forum Supervisor permission ('6') to add Forum + Write Trusted permission ('4') to users as they are approving a + forum post by that user. + * When running a bisect, report the number of check-ins still in + the search range and the estimated number of bisect steps remaining. + Do this at each step of the bisect. + * Provide a permanent link to a bisect timeline using the bid= query + parameter. + * Make the chronological forum display feature available to all users, + and make it the default format on mobile devices. + * Break out Wiki setup into a separate /setup_wiki page, accessible + on the standard menus through Admin/Wiki. + * Add "Next" and "Previous" buttons on the /wdiff page, allowing + the user to step through the versions of a wiki page. + * Improve the display of the /whistory page. + * Omit the "HH:MM" timestamps on timeline graphs on narrow-screen + devices, to improve horizontal space uses. This helps make Fossil + more mobile-friendly. + * Enhance /wcontent to show a sortable list of Wiki pages together + with the number of revisions and the most recent change time for + each page. + * Hyperlinks to Wiki pages on the /timeline go to the specific + version of the Wiki page named in the timeline, not to the latest + version. + * Enhancements to the "amend", "tag", and "reparent" commands, including + adding options --override-date, --override-user, and --dry-run. + * Add the global --comment-format command-line option and the + comment-format setting to control the display of the command-line + timeline. + * Change the "fossil reparent" command so that it only works from + within an active checkout. + * On the /setup_ucap_list, show administrators how many users have + each capability. The counts are a hyperlink to the /setup_ulist + page showing the subset of users that have that capability. + * Provide the ability to redirect all HTTP pages to HTTPS. Formerly + one could cause this to occur for the /login page only. That option + still exists, but the redirect can now also be done for all pages. + * "Compress" the built-in javascript by omitting comments and + leading and trailing whitespace. + * Detect when the repository used by a checkout is swapped out for + a clone that uses different RID values, and make appropriate adjustments + to the checkout database to avoid any problems. + * Add the backoffice-disable setting to completely disable the + backoffice feature. + * Update the built-in SQLite to version 3.27.1. + * Various other small enhancements to webpages and documentation. + + +<h2 id='v2_7'>Changes for Version 2.7 (2018-09-22)</h2> + + * Add the [./alerts.md|email alerts] feature for commits, ticket + changes, wiki changes, forum posts, and announcements. This is + still a work in progress. It is functional, but it is not as easy to + setup and use as it ought to be. + * Add the [./forum.wiki|discussion forum] feature. + * Add new user capabilities letters needed to support alerts and forum. + Formerly, user capabilities were letters from [a-z], but with the + enhancements, the supply of lower case letters was exhausted. + User capabilities are now letters in [a-zA-Z0-9]. + * The built-in skins are now responsive, providing better layout on + small screens, including mobile devices. + * The default skin now includes a hamburger menu that is generated + by the [/sitemap] page. + * All of the built-in skins now use a + [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Security_Policy|Content Security Policy (CSP)] + to help prevent cross-site injection and forgery attacks. There are no known + vulnerabilities in Fossil. The added CSP does not fix anything; it merely adds + another layer of defense. + * The [/sitemap] and other list pages show as multiple columns if + the viewing window is wide enough. + * There is an optional "js" file for each skin that can be used to + hold javascript. This file can be loaded by reference or can be + included in the header or footer. + * Add the [./backoffice.md|backoffice]. + * Update internal Unicode character tables, used in regular expression + handling, from version 10.0 to 11.0. + * Improvements to the "Security Audit" administration page + * Add the [/help/branch|fossil branch current] command. + * Add the [./grep.md|grep] command. + * Update the built-in SQLite to version 3.25.1. + * Some code and interfaces are in place to support sending and + receiving email directly via SMTP, but this feature is not yet + complete or ready for production use. + * The `mv-rm-files` setting is now compiled into Fossil in the + default Fossil configuration; no longer must you say + <tt>./configure --with-legacy-mv-rm</tt> to make it available. The + setting remains disabled by default, however, so you must still say + <tt>fossil set mv-rm-files 1</tt> to enable it on each repository + where you want hard <tt>mv/rm</tt> behavior. + +<h2 id='v2_6'>Changes for Version 2.6 (2018-05-04)</h2> + + * Fix a bug that was causing crashes while trying to clone the TCL + repository. This fix is the main reason for the current release. + * Added the new "Classic" timeline viewing mode. "Classic" is the + same as "Verbose" in the previous release. The "Verbose" mode is + now like "Compact" except the extra check-in details are shown by + default. + * Add support for ETags:, Last-Modified:, and If-Modified-Since: + cache control mechanisms. + * Enhance the [/help/www/tarball|/tarball], + [/help/www/zip|/zip], and + [/help/www/sqlar|/sqlar] pages so that the checkin + name to be downloaded can be expressed as part of the URI, + and without the need for query parameters. + * On the [/help/www/timeline|/timeline] webpage, add the days=N + query parameter and enhance the ymd=DATE and yw=DATE query parameters + to accept 'now' as an argument to show the latest day or week. + * In the web page that comes up in response to the + [/help/all|fossil all ui] command, show the last modification + time for each repository, and allow click-to-sort on the modification + time column. + * In the tarball cache replacement algorithm, give extra weight to + tarballs that have been accessed more than once. + * Additional defenses against web-based attacks. There have not been + any known vulnerabilities. We are just being paranoid. + * Update the built-in SQLite to an alpha version of 3.24.0. + +<h2 id='v2_5'>Changes for Version 2.5 (2018-02-07)</h2> + + * Numerous enhancements to the look and feel of the web interface. + Especially: Added separate "Modern", "Compact", "Verbose", and + "Columnar" view options on timelines. + * Common display settings (such as the "view" option and the number + of rows in a timeline) are held in a cookie and thus persist + across multiple pages. + * Rework the skin editing process so that changes are implemented + on one of nine /draft pages, evaluated, then merged back to the + default. + * Added the [/timeline?skin=ardoise&once|Ardoise] skin. + * Fix the "fossil server" command on Unix to be much more responsive + to multiple simultaneous web requests. + * Use the IPv6 stack for the "fossil ui" and "fossil server" + commands on Windows. + * Support for [https://sqlite.org/sqlar|SQL Archives] as a download + option. + * Fossil now automatically generates the + <html><head>...</head><body> + at the beginning of each web page if the configurable header + lacks a <body> tag. + * Added the /artifact_stats page, currently accessible only by + the administrator. + * Upgrade to the latest versions of SQLite and OpenSSL. + * Improved key bindings on the Tk diff screen generated by + "fossil diff --tk". + * Begin factoring out in-line javascript into separately loaded + script files. This is a step along the + road toward supporting a strict Content Security Policy. More work + is to be done. + * Initial infrastructure is in place to make use of the pledge() + system call in OpenBSD. More work is to be done. + +<h2 id='v2_4'>Changes for Version 2.4 (2017-11-03)</h2> + + * New feature: URL Aliases. URL Aliases allow an administrator + to define their own URLs on the web interface that are rewritten to + built-in URLs with specific parameters. Create and configure URL Aliases + using the /Setup/URL_Aliases menu option in the web interface. + * Add tech-note search capability. + * Add the -r|--revision and -o|--origin options to the + [/help/annotate|annotate] command. + * Add the origin= query parameter to the [/help/www/annotate|/annotate] + webpage. + * The [/help/annotate|fossil annotate] command and the + [/help/www/annotate|/annotate] web page go backwards in time as far + as can be computed in 30 milliseconds by default, rather than stopping + after 20 steps. The new limit= query parameter or the --limit command-line + option can be used to alter this timeout. + * Provide separate [/help#settings|on-line help screens for each setting]. + * Back out support for the --no-dir-symlinks option + * Remove support from the legacy configuration sync protocol. The only + way now to do a configuration push or pull is to use the new protocol that + was added in 2011. + * Add the from= and to= query parameters to [/help/www/fdiff|/fdiff] + in order to get a diff of two files in the same check-in. + * Fix the "ssh://" protocol to prevent an attack whereby the attacker convinces + a victim to run a "clone" with a dodgy URL and thereby gains access to their + system. + * Provide a checkbox that will temporarily disable all ad-units. + * Improvements to the [/help/www/stat|/stat] page + * Various new hyperlinks to the [/help/www/bloblist|/bloblist] + and [/help/www/bigbloblist|/bigbloblist] pages. + * Correct the [/help/www/doc|/doc] page to support read-only repositories. + * Correct [/help/www/zip|/zip], [/help/www/tarball|/tarball], + [/help/zip|zip], and [/help/tarball|tarball] pages and commands to + honor the versioned manifest setting when outside of an open checkout + directory. + * The admin-log and access-log settings are now on by default for + new repositories. + * Update the built-in SQLite to version 3.21.0. + +<h2 id='v2_3'>Changes for Version 2.3 (2017-07-21)</h2> + + * Update the built-in SQLite to version 3.20.0 (beta). + * Update internal Unicode character tables, used in regular expression + handling, from version 9.0 to 10.0. + * Show the last-sync-URL on the [/help/www/urllist|/urllist] page. + * Added the "Event Summary" activity report. + [/reports?type=ci&view=lastchng|example] + * Added the "Security Audit" page, available to administrators only + * Added the Last Login time to the user list page, for administrators only + * Added the --numstat option to the [/help/diff|fossil diff] command + * Limit the size of the heap and stack on unix systems, as a proactive + defense against the + [https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt|Stack Clash] + attack. + * Fix "database locked" warnings caused by "PRAGMA optimize". + * Fix a potential XSS vulnerability on the + [/help/www/help|/help] webpage. + * Documentation updates + +<h2 id='v2_2'>Changes for Version 2.2 (2017-04-11)</h2> + + * GIT comment tags are now handled by Fossil during import/export. + * Show the content of README files on directory listings. + ([/file/skins|example]) + * Support for Basic Authentication if enabled (default off). + * Show the hash algorithms used on the + [/help/www/rcvfromlist|/rcvfromlist] page. + * The [/help/www/tarball|/tarball] and [/help/www/zip|/zip] pages + now use the the r= query parameter + to select which check-in to deliver. The uuid= query parameter + is still accepted for backwards compatibility. + * Update the built-in SQLite to version 3.18.0. + * Run "[https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_optimize|PRAGMA optimize]" + on the database connection as it is closing. + +<h2 id='v2_1'>Changes for Version 2.1 (2017-03-10)</h2> + + * Add support for [./hashpolicy.wiki|hash policies] that control which + of the Hardened-SHA1 or SHA3-256 algorithms is used to name new + artifacts. + * Add the "gshow" and "gcat" subcommands to [/help/stash|fossil stash]. + * Add the [/help/www/juvlist|/juvlist] web page and use it to construct + the [/uv/download.html|Download Page] of the Fossil self-hosting website + using Ajax. + +<h2 id='v2_0'>Changes for Version 2.0 (2017-03-03)</h2> + + * Use the + [https://github.com/cr-marcstevens/sha1collisiondetection|hardened SHA1] + implementation by Marc Stevens and Dan Shumow. + * Add the ability to read and understand + [./fileformat.wiki#names|artifact names] that are based on SHA3-256 + rather than SHA1, but do not actually generate any such names. + * Added the [/help/sha3sum|sha3sum] command. + * Update the built-in SQLite to version 3.17.0. + +<h2 id='v1_37'>Changes for Version 1.37 (2017-01-16)</h2> + + * Add checkbox widgets to various web pages. See [/technote/8d18bf27e9| + this technote] for more information. To get the checkboxes to look as + intended, you must update the CSS in your repository and all clones. + * Add the [/help/all|fossil all ui] command + * Add the [/help/www/file|/file] webpage + * Enhance the [/help/www/brlist|/brlist] webpage to make use of branch colors. + * Add support for the ms=EXACT|LIKE|GLOB|REGEXP query parameter on the + [/help/www/timeline|/timeline] webpage, with associated form widgets. + * Enhance the [/help/changes|changes] and [/help/status|status] commands + with many new filter options so that specific kinds of changes can be + found without having to pipe through grep or sed. + * Enhanced the [/help/sqlite3|fossil sql] command so that it opens the + [./tech_overview.wiki#localdb|checkout database] and the + [./tech_overview.wiki#configdb|configuration database] in addition to the + repository database. + * TH1 enhancements: + <ul><li>Add <nowiki>[unversioned content]</nowiki> command.</li> + <li>Add <nowiki>[unversioned list]</nowiki> command.</li> + <li>Add project_description variable.</li> + </ul> + * Rename crnl-glob [/help/settings|setting] to crlf-glob, but keep + crnl-glob as a compatibility alias. + * Added the --command option to the [/help/diff|diff] command. + * Fix a C99-ism that prevents the 1.36 release from building with MSVC. + * Fix [/help/ticket|ticket set] when using the "+" prefix with fields + from the "ticketchng" table. + * Remove the "fusefs" command from builds that do not have the underlying + support enabled. + * Fixes for incremental git import/export. + * Minor security enhancements to + [./encryptedrepos.wiki|encrypted repositories]. + * Update the built-in SQLite to version 3.16.2. + * Update the built-in Zlib to version 1.2.11. + + +<h2 id='v1_36'>Changes for Version 1.36 (2016-10-24)</h2> + + * Add support for [./unvers.wiki|unversioned content], + the [/help/unversioned|fossil unversioned] command and the + [/help/www/uv|/uv] and [/uvlist] web pages. + * The [/uv/download.html|download page] is moved into + [./unvers.wiki|unversioned content] so that the self-hosting Fossil + websites no longer uses any external content. + * Added the "Search" button to the graphical diff generated by + the --tk option on the [/help/diff|diff] command. + * Added the "--checkin VERSION" option to the + [/help/diff|diff] command. + * Various performance enhancements to the [/help/diff|diff] command. + * Update internal Unicode character tables, used in regular expression + handling, from version 8.0 to 9.0. + * Update the built-in SQLite to version 3.15. Fossil now requires + the SQLITE_DBCONFIG_MAINDBNAME interface of SQLite which is only available + in SQLite version 3.15 and later and so Fossil will not work with + earlier SQLite versions. + * Fix [https://www.mail-archive.com/fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org/msg23618.html|multi-line timeline bug] + * Enhance the [/help/purge|fossil purge] command. + * New command [/help/shell|fossil shell]. + * SQL parameters whose names are all lower-case in Ticket Report SQL + queries are filled in using HTTP query parameter values. + * Added support for [./childprojects.wiki|child projects] that are + able to pull from their parent but not push. + * Added the -nocomplain option to the TH1 "query" command. + * Added support for the chng=GLOBLIST query parameter on the + [/help/www/timeline|/timeline] webpage. + +<h2 id='v1_35'>Changes for Version 1.35 (2016-06-14)</h2> + + * Enable symlinks by default on all non-Windows platforms. + * Enhance the [/md_rules|Markdown formatting] so that hyperlinks that begin + with "/" are relative to the root of the Fossil repository. + * Rework the [/help/www/setup_ulist|/setup_list page] (the User List page) + to display all users in a click-to-sort table. + * Fix backslash-octal escape on filenames while importing from git + * When markdown documents begin with <h1> HTML elements, use that + header at the document title. + * Added the [/help/www/bigbloblist|/bigbloblist page]. + * Enhance the [/help/www/finfo|/finfo page] so that when it is showing + the ancestors of a particular file version, it only shows direct + ancestors and omits changes on branches, thus making it show the same set + of ancestors that are used for [/help/www/blame|/blame]. + * Added the --page option to the [/help/ui|fossil ui] command + * Added the [/help/bisect|fossil bisect ui] command + * Enhanced the [/help/diff|fossil diff] command so that it accepts + directory names as arguments and computes diffs on all files contained + within those directories. + * Fix the [/help/add|fossil add] command so that it shows "SKIP" for + files added that were already under management. + * TH1 enhancements: + <ul><li>Add <nowiki>[array exists]</nowiki> command.</li> + <li>Add minimal <nowiki>[array names]</nowiki> command.</li> + <li>Add tcl_platform(engine) and tcl_platform(platform) array + elements.</li> + </ul> + * Get autosetup working with MinGW. + * Fix autosetup detection of zlib in the source tree. + * Added autosetup detection of OpenSSL when it may be present under the + "compat" subdirectory of the source tree. + * Added the [/help/reparent|fossil reparent] command + * Added --include and --exclude options to [/help/tarball|fossil tarball] + and [/help/zip|fossil zip] and the in= and ex= query parameters to the + [/help/www/tarball|/tarball] and [/help/www/zip|/zip] web pages. + * Add support for [./encryptedrepos.wiki|encrypted Fossil repositories]. + * If the FOSSIL_PWREADER environment variable is set, then use the program it + names in place of getpass() to read passwords and passphrases + * Option --baseurl now works on Windows. + * Numerous documentation improvements. + * Update the built-in SQLite to version 3.13.0. + +<h2 id='v1_34'>Changes for Version 1.34 (2015-11-02)</h2> + + * Make the [/help/clean|fossil clean] command undoable for files less + than 10MiB. + * Update internal Unicode character tables, used in regular expression + handling, from version 7.0 to 8.0. + * Add the new [/help/amend|amend] command which is used to modify + tags of a "check-in". + * Fix bug in [/help/import|import] command, handling version 3 of + the svndump format for subversion. + * Add the [/help/all|all cache] command. + * TH1 enhancements: + <ul><li>Add minimal <nowiki>[lsearch]</nowiki> command. Only exact + case-sensitive matching is supported.</li> + <li>Add the <nowiki>[glob_match]</nowiki>, <nowiki>[markdown]</nowiki>, + <nowiki>[dir]</nowiki>, and <nowiki>[encode64]</nowiki> commands.</li> + <li>Add the <nowiki>[tclIsSafe] and [tclMakeSafe]</nowiki> commands to + the Tcl integration subsystem.</li> + <li>Add 'double', 'integer', and 'list' classes to the + <nowiki>[string is]</nowiki> command.</li> + </ul> + * Add the --undo option to the [/help/diff|diff] command. + * Build-in Antirez's "linenoise" command-line editing library for use with + the [/help/sqlite3|fossil sql] command on Unix platforms. + * Add [/help/stash|stash cat] as an alias for the + [/help/stash|stash show] command. + * Automatically pull before [/help/merge|fossil merge] when auto-sync + is enabled. + * Fix --hard option to [/help/mv|fossil mv] and [/help/rm|fossil rm] + to enable them to work properly with certain relative paths. + * Change the mimetype for ".n" and ".man" files to text/plain. + * Display improvements in the [/help/bisect|fossil bisect chart] command. + * Updated the built-in SQLite to version 3.9.1 and activated JSON1 and FTS5 + support (both currently unused within Fossil). + +<h2 id='v1_33'>Changes for Version 1.33 (2015-05-23)</h2> + * Improved fork detection on [/help/update|fossil update], + [/help/status|fossil status] and related commands. + * Change the default skin to what used to be called "San Francisco Modern". + * Add the [/repo-tabsize] web page + * Add [/help/import|fossil import --svn], for importing a subversion + repository into fossil which was exported using "svnadmin dump". + * Add the "--compress-only" option to [/help/rebuild|fossil rebuild]. + * Use a pie chart on the [/reports?view=byuser] page. + * Enhanced [/help/clean|fossil clean --verily] so that it ignores + keep-glob and ignore-glob settings. Added the -x alias for --verily. + * Add the --soft and --hard options to [/help/rm|fossil rm] and + [/help/mv|fossil mv]. The default is still --soft, but that is + now configurable at compile-time or by the mv-rm-files setting. + * Improved ability to [./customgraph.md|customize the timeline graph]. + * Improvements to the [/sitemap] page. + * Automatically adjust the [/help/timeline|CLI timeline] to the terminal + width on Linux. + * Added <nowiki>[info commands] and [info vars]</nowiki> commands to TH1. + These commands perform the same function as their Tcl counterparts, + except they do not accept a pattern argument. + * Fix some obscure issues with TH1 expression processing. + * Fix titles in search results for documents that are not wiki, markdown, + or HTML. + * Formally translate TH1 to Tcl return codes and vice-versa, where + necessary, in the Tcl integration subsystem. + * Add [/help/leaves|fossil leaves -multiple], for finding multiple + leaves on the same branch. + * Added the "Blitz" skin option. + * Removed the ".fossil-settings/keep-glob" file. It should not have been + checked into the repository. + * Update the built-in SQLite to version 3.8.10.2. + * Make [/help/open|fossil open] honor ".fossil-settings/allow-symlinks". + * Allow [/help/add|fossil add] to be used on symlinks to nonexistent or + unreadable files in the same way as [/help/addremove|fossil addremove]. + * Added fork warning to be issued if sync produced a fork + * Update the [/help/www/info|info] page to report when a file becomes a + symlink. Additionally show the UUID for files whose types have changed + without changing contents or symlink target. + * Have [/help/changes|fossil changes] and + [/help/status|fossil status] report when executable or symlink status + changes on otherwise unmodified files. + * Permit filtering weekday and file [/help/www/reports|reports] by user. + Also ensure the user parameter is preserved when changing types. Add a + field for direct entry of the user name to each applicable report. + * Create parent directories of [/help/settings|empty-dirs] if they don't + already exist. + * Inhibit timeline links to wiki pages that have been deleted. + +<h2 id='v1_33'>Changes for Version 1.32 (2015-03-14)</h2> + * When creating a new repository using [/help/init|fossil init], ensure + that the new repository is fully compatible with historical versions of + Fossil by having a valid manifest as RID 1. + * Anti-aliased rendering of arrowheads on timeline graphs. + * Added vi/less-style key bindings to the --tk diff GUI. + * Documentation updates to fix spellings and changes all "checkins" to + "check-ins". + * Add the --repolist option to server commands such as + [/help/server|fossil server] or [/help/http|fossil http]. + * Added the "Xekri" skin. + * Enhance the "ln=" query parameter on artifact displays to accept multiple + ranges, separate by spaces (or "+" when URL-encoded). + * Added [/help/forget|fossil forget] as an alias for + [/help/rm|fossil rm]. + +<h2 id='v1_31'>Changes For Version 1.31 (2015-02-23)</h2> + * Change the auxiliary schema by adding columns MLINK.ISAUX and MLINK.PMID + columns to the schema, to support better drawing of file change graphs. + A [/help/rebuild|fossil rebuild] is recommended but is not required. + so that the new graph drawing logic can work effectively. + * Added [/search|search] over Check-in comments, Documents, Tickets and + Wiki. Disabled by default. The search can be either a full-scan or it + can use an index that is kept up-to-date automatically. The new + /srchsetup web-page and the [/help/fts-config|fts-config] command + were added to help configure the search capability. Expect further + enhancements to the search capabilities in subsequent releases. + * Added form elements to some submenus (in particular the /timeline) + for easier operation. + * Added the --ifneeded option to [/help/rebuild|fossil rebuild]. + * Added "override skins" using the "skin:" line of the CGI script or + using the --skin LABEL option on the [/help/server|server], + [/help/ui|ui], or [/help/http|http] commands. + * Embedded html documents that begin with + <doc class="fossil-doc"> are displayed with standard + headers and footers added. + * Allow <div style='...'> markup in [/wiki_rules|wiki]. + * Renamed "Events" to "Technical Notes", while updating the technote + display and control pages. Add support for technotes as plain text + or as Markdown. + * Added the [/md_rules] pages containing summary instructions on the + Markdown format. + * Added the --repolist and --nojail options to the various server commands + (ex: [/help/server|fossil server]). + * Added the [/help/all|fossil all add] subcommand to "fossil all". + * Improvements to the /login page. Some hyperlinks to pages that require + "anonymous" privileges are displayed even if the current user is "nobody" + but automatically redirect to /login. + * The [/help/www/doc|/doc] web-page will now try to deliver the file + "404.md" from the top-level directory (if such a file exists) in + place of its built-in 404 text. + * Download of Tarballs and ZIP Archives by user "nobody" is now enabled + by default in new repositories. + * Enhancements to the table sorting controls. More display tables + are now sortable. + * Add IPv6 support to [/help/sync|fossil sync] and + [/help/clone|fossil clone] + * Add more skins such as "San Francisco Modern" and "Eagle". + * During shutdown, check to see if the check-out database (".fslckout") + contains a lot of free space, and if it does, VACUUM it. + * Added the [/mimetype_list] page. + * Added the [/hash-collisions] page. + * Allow the user of Common Table Expressions in the SQL that defaults + ticket reports. + * Break out the components (css, footer, and header) for the + various built-in skins into separate files in the source tree. + +<h2 id='v1_30'>Changes For Version 1.30 (2015-01-19)</h2> + * Added the [/help/bundle|fossil bundle] command. + * Added the [/help/purge|fossil purge] command. + * Added the [/help/publish|fossil publish] command. + * Added the [/help/unpublished|fossil unpublished] command. + * Enhance the [/tree] webpage to show the age of each file with the option + to sort by age. + * Enhance the [/brlist] webpage to show additional information about each branch + and to be sortable by clicking on column headers. + * Add support for Docker. Just install docker and type + "sudo docker run -d -p 8080:8080 nijtmans/fossil" to get it running. + * Add the [/help/fusefs|fossil fusefs DIRECTORY] command that mounts a + Fuse Filesystem at the given DIRECTORY and populates it with read-only + copies of all historical check-ins. This only works on systems that + support FuseFS. + * Add the administrative log that records all configuration. + * Added the [/sitemap] webpage. + * Added the [/bloblist] web page. + * Let [/help/new|fossil new] no longer create an initial empty commit + by default. The first commit after checking out an empty repository will + become the initial commit. + * Added the [/help/all|fossil all dbstat] and + [/help/all|fossil all info] commands. + * Update SQLite to version 3.8.8. + * Added the --verily option to the [/help/clean|fossil clean] command. + * Add the "autosync-tries" setting to control the number of autosync attempts + before returning an error. + * Added a compile-time option (--with-miniz) to build using miniz instead + of zlib. Disabled by default. + * Support customization of commands and webpages, including the ability to + add new ones, via the "TH1 hooks" feature. Disabled by default. Enabled + via a compile-time option. + * Add the <nowiki>[checkout], [render], [styleHeader], [styleFooter], + [trace], [getParameter], [setParameter], [artifact], and + [globalState]</nowiki> commands to TH1, primarily for use by TH1 hooks. + * Automatically adjust the width of command-line timeline output according to the + detected width of the terminal. + * Prompt the user to optionally fix invalid UTF-8 at check-in. + * Added a line-number toggle option to the [/help/www/info|/info] + and [/help/www/artifact|/artifact] pages. + * Most commands now issue errors rather than silently ignoring unrecognized + command-line options. + * Use full 40-character SHA1 hashes (instead of abbreviations) in most + internal URLs. + * The "ssh:" sync method on Windows now uses "plink.exe" instead of "ssh" as + the secure-shell client program. + * Prevent a partial clone when the connection is lost. + * Make the distinction between 301 and 302 redirects. + * Allow commits against a closed check-in as long as the commit goes onto + a different branch. + * Improved cache control in the web interface reduces unnecessary requests + for common resources like the page logo and CSS. + * Fix a rare and long-standing sync protocol bug + that would silently prevent the sync from running to completion. Before + this bug-fix it was sometimes necessary to do "fossil sync --verily" to + get two repositories in sync. + * Add the [/finfo?name=src/foci.c|files_of_checkin] virtual table - useful + for ad hoc queries in the [/help/sqlite3|fossil sql] interface, + and also used internally. + * Added the "$secureurl" TH1 variable for use in headers and footers. + * (Internal:) Add the ability to include resources as separate files in the + source tree that are converted into constant byte arrays in the compiled + binary. Use this feature to store the Tk script that implements the --tk + diff option in a separate file for easier editing. + * (Internal:) Implement a system of compile-time checks to help ensure + the correctness of printf-style formatting strings. + * Fix CVE-2014-3566, also known as the POODLE SSL 3.0 vulnerability. + * Numerous documentation fixes and improvements. + * Other obscure and minor bug fixes - see the timeline for details. + +<h2 id='v1_29'>Changes For Version 1.29 (2014-06-12)</h2> + * Add the ability to display content, diffs and annotations for UTF16 + text files in the web interface. + * Add the "SaveAs..." and "Invert" buttons + to the graphical diff display that results + from using the --tk option with the [/help/diff | fossil diff] command. + * The [/reports] page now requires Read ("o") permissions. The "byweek" + report now properly propagates the selected year through the event type + filter links. + * The [/help/info | info command] now shows leaf status of the checkout. + * Add support for tunneling https through a http proxy (Ticket [e854101c4f]). + * Add option --empty to the "[/help/open | fossil open]" command. + * Enhanced [/help/www/fileage|the fileage page] to support a glob parameter. + * Add -w|--ignore-all-space and -Z|--ignore-trailing-space options to + [/help/annotate|fossil annotate], [/help/blame|fossil blame], + [/help/diff|fossil (g)diff], [/help/stash|fossil stash diff]. + * Add --strip-trailing-cr option to [/help/diff|fossil (g)diff] and + [/help/stash|fossil stash diff]. + * Add button "Ignore Whitespace" to /annotate, /blame, /ci, /fdiff + and /vdiff UI pages. + * Enhance [/reports?view=byweekday|/reports] with a "byweekday" view. + * Enhance the [/help/cat|fossil cat] command so that it works outside + of a checkout when using the -R command-line option. + * Use full-length SHA1 hashes, not abbreviations, in most hyperlinks. + * Correctly render the <title> markup on wiki pages in the + [/help/www/artifact|/artifact] webpage. + * Enhance the [/help/whatis|fossil whatis] command to report on attachments + and cluster artifacts. Added the [/help/test-whatis-all] command for + testing purposes. + * Add support for HTTP Basic Authentication on [/help/clone|clone] and + [/help/sync|sync]. + * Fix the [/help/stash|stash] so that it remembers added files and re-adds + them when the stash is applied. + * Fix the server so that it avoids writing to the database (and thus avoids + database locking issues) on a + [/help/pull|pull] or [/help/clone|clone]. + * Add support for [./server.wiki#loadmgmt|server load management] using both + a cache of expensive pages (the [/help/cache|fossil cache] command) + and by rejecting expensive page requests when the server load average is too + high. + * Add the [/help/praise|fossil praise] command as an alias for + [/help/blame|fossil blame] for subversion compatibility. + * Enhance the [/help/test-diff|fossil test-diff] command with -y or --tk + options so that it shows both filenames above their respective columns in + the side-by-side diff output. + * Issue a warning if a [/help/add|fossil add] command tries to add a file + that matches the ignore-glob. + * Add option -W|--width to "[/help/stash|fossil stash ls]" + and "[/help/leaves|fossil leaves]" commands. + * Enhance support for running as the root user. Now works on Haiku. + * Added the <tt>-empty</tt> option to [/help/new|fossil new], which + causes it to not create an initial empty commit. The first commit after + checking out a repo created this way will become the initial commit. + * Enhance sync operations by committing each round-trip to minimize number + of retransmits when autosync fails. Include option for + [/help/update| fossil update] and [/help/merge| fossil merge] to + continue even if missing content. + * Minor portability fixes for platforms where the char type is unsigned + by default. + +<h2>Changes For Version 1.28 (2014-01-27)</h2> + * Enhance [/help/www/reports | /reports] to support event type filtering. + * When cloning a repository, the user name passed via the URL (if any) + is now used as the default local admin user's name. + * Enhance the SSH transport mechanism so that it runs a single instance of + the "fossil" executable on the remote side, obviating the need for a shell + on the remote side. Some users may need to add the "?fossil=/path/to/fossil" + query parameter to "ssh:" URIs if their fossil binary is not in a standard + place. + * Add the "[/help/blame | fossil blame]" command that works just like + "fossil annotate" but uses a different output format that includes the + user who made each change and omits line numbers. + * Add the "Tarball and ZIP-archive Prefix" configuration parameter under + Admin/Configuration. + * Fix CGI processing so that it works on web servers that do not + supply REQUEST_URI. + * Add options --dirsonly, --emptydirs, and --allckouts to the + "[/help/clean | fossil clean]" command. + * Ten-fold performance improvement in large "fossil blame" or + "fossil annotate" commands. + * Add option -W|--width and --offset to "[/help/timeline | fossil timeline]" + and "[/help/finfo | fossil finfo]" commands. + * Option -n|--limit of "[/help/timeline | fossil timeline]" now + specifies the number of entries, just like all other commands which + have the -n|--limit option. The various timeline-related functions + now output "--- ?? limit (??) reached ---" at the end whenever + appropriate. Use "-n 0" if no limit is desired. + * Fix handling of password embedded in Fossil URL. + * New <tt>--once</tt> option to [/help/clone | fossil clone] command + which does not store the URL or password when cloning. + * Modify [/help/ui | fossil ui] to respect "default user" in an open + repository. + * Fossil now hides check-ins that have the "hidden" tag in timeline webpages. + * Enhance <tt>/ci_edit</tt> page to add the "hidden" tag to check-ins. + * Advanced possibilities for commit and ticket change notifications over + http using TH1 scripting. + * Add --sha1sum and --integrate options + to the "[/help/commit | fossil commit]" command. + * Add the "clean" and "extra" subcommands to the + "[/help/all | fossil all]" command + * Add the --whatif option to "[/help/clean|fossil clean]" that works the + same as "--dry-run", + so that the name does not collide with the --dry-run option of "fossil all". + * Provide a configuration option to show dates on the web timeline + as "YYMMMDD HH:MM" + * Add an option to the "stats" webpage that allows an administrator to see + the current repository schema. + * Enhancements to the "[/help/www/vdiff|/vdiff]" webpage for more difference + display options. + * Added the "[/tree?ci=trunk&expand | /tree]" webpage as an alternative + to "/dir" and make it the default way of showing file lists. + * Send gzipped HTTP responses to clients that support it. + +<h2>Changes For Version 1.27 (2013-09-11)</h2> + * Enhance the [/help/changes | fossil changes], + [/help/clean | fossil clean], [/help/extras | fossil extras], + [/help/ls | fossil ls] and [/help/status | fossil status] commands + to restrict operation to files and directories named on the command-line. + * New --integrate option to [/help/merge | fossil merge], which + automatically closes the merged branch when committing. + * Renamed <tt>/stats_report</tt> page to [/reports]. Graph width is now + relative, not absolute. + * Added <tt>yw=YYYY-WW</tt> (year-week) filter to timeline to limit the results + to a specific year and calendar week number, e.g. [/timeline?yw=2013-01]. + * Updates to SQLite to prevent opening a repository file using file descriptors + 1 or 2 on Unix. This fixes a bug under which an assertion failure could + overwrite part of a repository database file, corrupting it. + * Added support for unlimited line lengths in side-by-side diffs. + * New --close option to [/help/commit | fossil commit], which + immediately closes the branch being committed. + * Added <tt>chart</tt> option to [/help/bisect | fossil bisect]. + * Improvements to the "human or bot?" determination. + * Reports errors about missing CGI-standard environment variables for HTTP + servers which do not support them. + * Minor improvements to sync support on Windows. + * Added <tt>--scgi</tt> option to [/help/server | fossil server]. + * Internal improvements to the sync process. + * The internals of the JSON API are now MIT-licensed, so downstream + users/packagers are no longer affected by the "do no evil" license + clause. + +<h2>Changes For Version 1.26 (2013-06-18)</h2> + * The argument to the --port option for the [/help/ui | fossil ui] and + [/help/server | fossil server] commands can take an IP address in addition + to the port number, causing Fossil to bind to just that one IP address. + * After prompting for a password, also ask if that password should be + remembered. + * Performance improvements to the diff engine. + * Fix the side-by-side diff engine to work better with multi-byte Unicode text. + * Color-coding in the web-based annotation (blame) display. Fix the annotation + engine so that it is no longer confused by time-warps. + * The markdown formatter is now available by default and can be used for + tickets, wiki, and embedded documentation. + * Add subcommands "fossil bisect log" and "fossil bisect status" to the + [/help/bisect | fossil bisect] command, as well as other bisect enhancements. + * Enhanced defenses that prevent spiders from using excessive CPU and bandwidth. + * Consistent use of the -n or --dry-run command line options. + * Win32: Fossil now understands Cygwin paths containing one or more of + the characters <nowiki>"*:<>?|</nowiki>. Those are normally forbidden in + win32. This means that the win32 fossil.exe is better usable in a Cygwin + environment. See + [http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames-specialchars]. + * Cygwin: Fossil now understands win32 absolute paths starting with a drive + letter everywhere. The default value of the "case-sensitive" setting is + now FALSE, except when case-sensitivity is enabled in the Windows kernel. + See + [http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames-casesensitive] + * Enhancements to /timeline.rss, adding more flags for filtering + results, including the ability to subscribe to changes made + to individual tickets. For example: [/timeline.rss?y=t&tkt=12fceeec82]. + * Improved handling of the differences between case-sensitive and + case-insensitive filesystems. + * JSON API: added the 'status' command to report local checkout status. + * Fixes to the <tt>--args</tt> support and documented this feature in the help. + * Added [/stats_report] page. + * Added <tt>ym=YYYY-MM</tt> filter to the [/timeline?ym=2013-06]. + * Fixed: <tt>config reset</tt> now re-installs default ticket report format. + * <tt>ssh://</tt> and <tt>file://</tt> protocols now ignore proxy settings. + * Added [/hash-color-test] web page. + * Cherry-pick merges are recorded internally (though no yet displayed on the + timeline graph.) + * Bring in the latest versions of SQLite, zlib, and autosetup from upstream. + +<h2>Changes For Version 1.25 (2013-02-16)</h2> + * Enhancements to ticket processing. There are now two tables: TICKET and + TICKETCHNG. There is one row in TICKETCHNG for each ticket artifact. + Fields from ticket artifacts go into either or both of TICKET and + TICKETCHNG, whichever contain matching column names. Default ticket + edit and viewing scripts are updated to use TICKETCHNG. The TH1 + scripting language is enhanced to support this, including the new + "query" command for doing SQL queries against the repository database. + All changes should be backwards compatible. + * Add the ability to moderate ticket and wiki changes. Unmoderated changes + do not sync and may be deleted by the moderator if found to contain spam + or other objectionable content. + * Add javascript so that clicking on a node of the timeline graph selects + that node. Then clicking on a second node shows a diff between the + two nodes. Clicking on the selected node unselects it. + * Warn of unresolved merge conflicts in "fossil status" and disallow + commits of unresolved conflicts unless the --allow-conflict option + is used. + * Add javascript so that clicking on column headers in a ticket report + sorts by the indicated column. + * Add the "fossil cat" command which is basically an alias for + "fossil finfo -p". + * Hyperlinks with the class "button" are rendered as submenu buttons + on embedded documentation. + * The check-in comment editor on Windows now defaults to NotePad.exe. + * Correctly deal with BOMs in check-in comments. Also attempt to convert + check-in comments to UTF8 from other encodings. + * Allow the deletion of multiple stash entries using multiple arguments + to the "fossil stash rm" command. + * Enhance the "fossil server DIRECTORY" command to serve static content + files contained in DIRECTORY. For security, only files with a + recognized suffix (such as *.html, *.jpg, *.txt, etc) will be delivered + as static content, and *.fossil files are not on the list of recognized + suffixes. There are additional restrictions on the names of the files. + * Allow the "fossil ui" command to specify a directory as long as the + the --notfound option is used. + * Add a configuration option that causes timeline messages to be rendered + as text/x-fossil-plain (which is the same as text/plain except that + hyperlinks inside of <nowiki>[...]</nowiki> are decorated.) + * Only decorate <nowiki>[...]</nowiki> in check-in comments and tickets + if the contented text really is a valid hyperlink target. + * Improvements to the side-by-side diff algorithm, for a more + human-friendly display in some complex cases. + * Added <nowiki>[utime] and [stime]</nowiki> commands to TH1. These + commands can be used for things such as displaying the page rendering + time in the footer. + * Add the ability to pass command-line options of "fossil rebuild" to + "fossil all rebuild". + * Add the --deanalyze option to "fossil rebuild" (and "fossil all rebuild") + * Do not run the graphical merging tool nor leave merge-droppings after a + dry-run merge. Display an improved merge-summary message at the end of + the merge. + * Add options to "fossil commit" to override the various sanity checks. + Options added: --allow-empty, --allow-fork, --allow-older, and + --allow-conflict. + * Optionally require a CAPTCHA (controlled by a setting on the + Admin/Access webpage) when a user who is not logged in tries to + edit wiki, or a ticket, or an attachment. + * Improvements to the "ssh://" sync protocol, to help it move past + noisy motd comments. + * Add the uf=FILE-SHA1-HASH query parameter to the timeline, causing the + timeline to show only check-ins that contain the specific file identified + by FILE-SHA1-HASH. ("uf" stands for "uses file".) + * Enhance the file change annotator so that it follows the file across + name changes. + * Fix the server-side of the sync protocol so that it will not generate + a delta loop when a file changes from its original state, through two + or more intermediate states, and back to the original state, all within + a single sync. + * Show much less output during a sync operation, unless the --verbose + option is used. + * Set the action= attribute of <form> elements using javascript, + as an addition defense against spam-bots. + * Disallow invalid UTF8 characters (such as characters in the surrogate + pair range) in filenames. + * Judge the UserAgent strings issued by the NetSurf webbrowser to be + coming from a human, not from a bot. + * Add the zlib sources to the Fossil source tree (under compat/zlib) and + use those sources when compiling on (Windows) systems that do not have + a zlib library installed by default. + * Prompt the user with the option to convert non-UTF8 files into UTF8 + when committing. + * Allow the characters <nowiki>*[]?</nowiki> in filenames. + * Allow the --context option on diff commands to have a value of 0. + * Added the "dbstat" command. + * Enhanced "fossil merge" so that if the VERSION argument is omitted, Fossil + tries to merge any forks of the current branch. + * Improved detection of forks in a commit race. + * Added the --analyze option to "fossil rebuild". + +<h2>Changes For Version 1.24 (2012-10-22)</h2> + * Added support for WYSIWYG editing of wiki pages. WYSIWYG is turned off + by default and can be turned on by setting a configuration option. + * Allow style= attribute to occur in HTML markup on wiki pages. + * Added the --tk option to the "fossil diff" and "fossil stash diff" + commands, causing color-coded diff output to be displayed in a Tcl/Tk + GUI window. This option only works if Tcl/Tk is installed on the + host. + * On Windows, make the "gdiff" command default to use WinDiff.exe. + * Update the "fossil stash" command so that it always prompts for a + comment if the -m option is omitted. + * Enhance the timeline webpages so that a=, b=, c=, d=, p=, and dp= + query parameters (and others) can all accept any valid check-in name + (such as branch names or labels) instead of just SHA1 hashes. + * Added the "fossil stash show" command. + * Added the "fileage" webpage with links to this page from the check-in + information page and from the file browser. + * Added --age and -t options to the "fossil ls" command. + * Added the --setmtime option to "fossil update". When used, the mtime + of all managed files is set to the time when the most recent version of + the file was checked in. + * Changed the "vdiff" webpage to show the complete text of files that + were added or removed (the equivalent of using the -N or --newfile + options with the "fossil diff" command-line.) + * Added the --temp option to "fossil clean" and "fossil extra", causing + those commands to only look at temporary files generated by Fossil, + such as merge-conflict reports or aborted check-in messages. + * Enhance the raw page download so that it can guess the mimetype of + attachments based on the filename. + * Change the behavior of the from= and to= query parameters on the + timeline page so that by default the path between the two specified + check-ins avoids merges. + * Add the --baseurl option to "fossil server" and "fossil http" commands, + so that those commands can be used with reverse proxies. + * If unable to determine the command-line user, do not guess. Instead + issue an error message. This helps prevent check-ins from accidentally + occurring under the wrong username. + * Include branch information in the output of file change listings + (the "finfo" webpage). + * Make the simplified view of file history, rather than the full view, + the default. + * In the "fossil configuration" command, allow the "css" option for + synchronizing, importing, or exporting just the CSS file. This makes + it easier to share CSS files across repositories by exporting from + one and importing to another. + * Add the (unsupported) "fossil test-orphans" command. + * Add the --template option to the "fossil init" command, to facilitate + creating new repositories based on a template repository. + * Add the diff-binary setting, which if enabled causes binary files to + be passed to the "gdiff" command for it to deal with, rather than simply + printing a "cannot diff binary files" error. + * Add the --unified option to the "fossil diff" command to force a unified + diff even if the --tk option (which normally implies a side-by-side diff) + is used. + * Present a choice of nearby branches and versions to diff against on the + check-in information page. + * Add the --force option to the "fossil merge" command that will force the + merge to occur even if it would be a no-op. This is sometimes useful for + documentation purposes. + * Add another built-in skin: "Enhanced Default". Other minor tweaks to + the existing skins. + * Add the "urllist" webpage, showing a list of URLs by which a server + instance of Fossil has been accessed. Requires "Administrator" privileges. + A link is on the "Setup" main page. + * Enable dynamic loading of the Tcl runtime for installations that want + to use Tcl as part of their configuration. This reduces the size of + the Fossil binary and allows any version of Tcl 8.4 or later to be used. + * Merge the latest SQLite changes from upstream. + * Lots of minor bug fixes. + +<h2>Changes For Version 1.23 (2012-08-08)</h2> + * The default checkout database name is now ".fslckout" instead of + "_FOSSIL_" on Unix. Both names continue to work. + * Added the "fossil all changes" command + * Added the --ckout option to the "fossil all list" command + * Added the "public-pages" glob pattern that can be configured to allow + anonymous users to see embedded documentation on sites where source + code should not be accessible to anonymous users. + * Allow multiple --tag options on the same "fossil commit" command. + * Change the meaning of the --bgcolor option for "fossil commit" to only + change the color for that one commit. The new --branchcolor option + is available to set a persistent background color. + * Add the branch= query parameter to the vdiff page and the --branch option + to the "fossil diff" command. + * Check-in names of the form "root:BRANCH" now refer to the origin of + the branch. Hence to see all changes in a branch, use + "fossil diff --from root:BRANCH --to BRANCH". The --branch option on + the diff command is an alias for the same. + * Add the ability to configure ad-units to be displayed between the menu + bar and the content. + * Add the ability to set a background image as part of server configuration. + * Allow partial commits of cherrypick merges. + * Updates against an uncommitted merge are now a warning, not a fatal error. + * Prompt the user to continue if a check-in comment is unedited. + * Fixes to case sensitivity settings with the /dir webpage. + * Repositories now try to remember the locations of all checkouts and + web-access URLs and display this information with the + "fossil info $REPO" command. + * Improved defense against spiders: The src= attribute of + <a> elements is set using javascript after the page loads. + * Enhanced formatting of the user list page. + * If a file named in "fossil add" is missing, that is now a warning instead + of a fatal error. + * Fix side-by-side diff so that it displays correctly with + multi-byte UTF8 characters. + * Performance improvements in the diff logic. + * Other performance tweaks and documentation updates. + +<h2>Changes For Version 1.22 (2012-03-17)</h2> + * Greatly improved "diff" processing including the new --brief option, + partial line matching, colorized in-line diffs, and better performance. + * Promote "allow-symlinks" to a versionable setting + * Harden the CGI processing logic against DOS attacks + * Add the ability to run TH1 scripts after sync requests + * Store the repository name in _FOSSIL_ as it is type in the "open" command, + possibly as a relative pathname. + * Make ".fslckout" the alternative name for the "_FOSSIL_" file. + * Change the "ssh:" transfer method to allow all access regardless of + user permission. + * Improvements to the timeline messages associated with tag changes. + (Requires a "[/help/rebuild | fossil rebuild]" to take effect.) + * Various additions and fixes for the JSON API. + * Improved merge-with-rename handling. + * --cherrypick merges use their origin's commit message by default. + * Added support for multiple concurrent logins per user. + * Update to use SQLite version 3.7.11. + * Various minor bug fixes. + +<h2>Changes For Version 1.21 (2011-12-13)</h2> + * Added side-by-side diffs in the command-line interface + * Automatically enable hyperlinks if the UserAgent string in the + HTTP header suggests that the requestor is a human and not a bot. + * Show only commonly used commands with "fossil help". Use + "fossil help --all" to see the complete list now. + * Improvements to the "stash" command: (1) Stash all files, not just + those below the working directory. (2) Add the --detail option to + "list". (3) Confirm before "drop --all". (4) Add the "help" + subcommand. + * Add an Admin/Access setting to change the number of octets of the + IP address that are saved in login cookies - allowing this setting + to be changed to zero + * Promote the "test-md5sum" command to "md5sum". + * Added the "whatis" command. + * Stop showing the server-code in status outputs - it is no longer used + for anything. + * Added a compile-time option (--with-tcl) to build in full Tcl scripting + support via integration with TH1. + * Merged the JSON branch into trunk. Disabled by default. Enabled + by a compile-time option. Probably it will be enabled by default + in some future release. + * Update to use SQLite version 3.7.9 plus the alignment fix for Sparc. + align + +<h2>Changes For Version 1.20 (2011-10-21)</h2> + * Added side-by-side diffs in HTML interface. [0bde74ea1e] + * Added support for symlinks. (Controlled by "allow-symlinks" setting, + off by default). [e4f1c1fe95] + * Fixed CLI annotate to show the proper file version in case there + are multiple equal versions in history. [e161670939] + * Timeline now shows tag changes (requires rebuild).[87540ed6e6] + * Fixed annotate to show "more relevant" versions of lines in + some cases. [e161670939] + * New command: ticket history. [98a855c508] + * Disabled SSLv2 in HTTPS client.[ea1d369d23] + * Fixed constant prompting regarding previously-saved SSL + certificates. [636804745b] + * Other SSL improvements. + * Added -R REPOFILE support to several more CLI commands. [e080560378] + * Generated tarballs now have constant timestamps, so they are + always identical for any given check-in. [e080560378] + * A number of minor HTML-related tweaks and fixes. + * Added --args FILENAME global CLI argument to import arbitrary + CLI arguments from a file (e.g. long file lists). [e080560378] + * Fixed significant memory leak in annotation of files with long + histories.[9929bab702] + * Added warnings when a merge operation overwrites local copies + (UNDO is available, but previously this condition normally went + silently unnoticed). [39f979b08c] + * Improved performance when adding many files. [a369dc7721] + * Improve merges which contain many file renames. [0b93b0f958] + * Added protection against timing attacks. [d4a341b49d] + * Firefox now remembers filled fields when returning to forms. [3fac77d7b0] + * Added the --stats option to the rebuild command. [f25e5e53c4] + * RSS feed now passes validation. [ce354d0a9f] + * Show overridden user when entering commit comment. [ce354d0a9f] + * Made rebuilding from web interface silent. [ce354d0a9f] + * Now works on MSVC with repos >2GB. [6092935ff2] + * A number of code cleanups to resolve warnings from various compilers. + * Update the built-in SQLite to version 3.7.9 beta. + +<h2>Changes For Version 1.19 (2011-09-02)</h2> + * Added a ./configure script based on autosetup. + * Added the "[/help/winsrv | fossil winsrv]" command + for creating a Fossil service on Windows systems. + * Added "versionable settings" where settings that affect + the local tree can be stored in versioned files in the + .fossil-settings directory. + * Background colors for branches are chosen automatically if no + color is specified by the user. + * The status, changes and extras commands now show + pathnames relative to the current working directory, + unless overridden by command line options or the + "relative-paths" setting.<br><b>WARNING:</b> This + change will break scripts which rely on the current + output when the current working directory is not the + repository root. + * Added "empty-dirs" versionable setting. + * Added support for client-side SSL certificates with "ssl-identity" + setting and --ssl-identity option. + * Added "ssl-ca-location" setting to specify trusted root + SSL certificates. + * Added the --case-sensitive BOOLEAN command-line option to many commands. + Default to true for Unix and false for Windows. + * Added the "Color-Test" submenu button on the branch list web page. + * Compatibility improvements to the git-export feature. + * Performance improvements on SHA1 checksums + * Update to the latest SQLite version 3.7.8 alpha. + * Fix the tarball generator to work with very log pathnames + +<h2>Changes For Version 1.18 (2011-07-14)</h2> + * Added this Change Log + * Added sequential version numbering + * Added an optional configure script - the Makefile still works for most + systems. + * Improvements to the "annotate" algorithm: only search primary + ancestors and ignore branches. + * Update the "scrub" command to remove traces of login-groups and + subrepositories. + * Added the --type option to the "fossil tag find" command. + * In contexts where only a check-in makes sense, resolve branch and + tag names to checkins only, never events or other artifacts. + * Improved display of file renames on a diff. A rebuild is required + to take full advantage of this change. + * Update the built-in SQLite to version 3.7.7. |