Now that I have check-in privs, I've checked in an updated quick start that presents the information in a more useful order and summarizes the work flow at the top. It's been checked into a branch named "ttmrichter" at this point for vetting. Check it out and let me know if it's OK.
On 16 June 2010 13:54, ghiù <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 6:20 AM, Michael Richter <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On 16 June 2010 05:41, ghiù <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Long story short, I downloaded the latest build for MacOSX and put it in >>> /usr/local/bin/. I run without a problem "fossil new test" and it created a >>> new archive. >>> I then tried "fossil ui" and I got a "not within an open checkout". Now, >>> every command I try to execute (status, commit, add...), from whatever >>> position within the filesystem (root, my home, the dir with the archive, a >>> dir upper or a dir under it etc) gives me this error. I also tried to remove >>> the .fossil file it creates in home, all without a result. >>> >> >> I'm not seeing a "fossil open" in that sequence up above. >> >> The workflow for a new repo is: >> >> fossil new (or clone if you're copying another repo) >> fossil open >> fossil do-everything-else >> >> You'll find full instructions at >> http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/doc/tip/www/quickstart.wiki. Sadly >> the instructions are in the wrong order and mistakenly put the configuration >> stuff ahead of the opening of the repository, so I can see where the >> confusion comes in. If I had check-in privileges I'd fix that myself, but >> sadly I don't. >> > > That helped, thanks. Indeed the manual should be a bit more explicit about > the correct workflow. > > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > > -- "Perhaps people don't believe this, but throughout all of the discussions of entering China our focus has really been what's best for the Chinese people. It's not been about our revenue or profit or whatnot." --Sergey Brin, demonstrating the emptiness of the "don't be evil" mantra.
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