On May 25, 2011, at 13:29 , Gilles wrote:

> 1. Should the repository be located at the very top of the directory
> tree where files will be added and commited?

No. I'd keep it somewhere else.

> 2. Is it OK to have spaces in the path leading to the repo and the
> files, eg. C:\This is a directory\myrepo, and D:\This is where my
> files are\some file.txt?

Yes, but it's mighty inconvenient. But Fossil does not create any problems with 
that.

> 3. Is it possible _not_ to be prompted for a comment when committing a
> file? I'd just like to type "fossil commit", and be done with it.

It's a bad idea. But I guess that adding something like -m ' ' to the commit 
command should do the trick.

> 4. Is it possible to open the repository in a DOS box (C:\fossil.exe
> open c:\myrepo), and add/commit from a Windows application such as a
> text editor?
> When I tried this, I got this error: "C:\fossil.exe: not within an
> open checkout"

Because you first need to open a repo, look into fossil help open.

> I guess all the commands should be issued within the DOS box.

Well, anyways you need something that's able to issue the commands. You can 
always try one of the GUI programs.



Kind regards,
Remigiusz Modrzejewski



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