On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:03:10PM +0200, Stephan Beal wrote: > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:53 PM, lists <li...@devilray.eu> wrote: > > > In trying to convert my workflow to fossil, I haven't been able to find any > > information in the wiki nor mail archives about creating a new repository, > > remotely, on the fossil server. I understand that in a large project and a > > tightly controlled server this may be undesirable, but in a home or small > > office environment, this is very useful without having to resort to log on > > to the server, issue the "fossil new <repo>" command and logging off, > > especially if you wish to restrict general log-in access to the server > > itself. > > > > There is no built-in way to create a remote repository (a fossil server > represents the _one_ repository which must already exist before the server > can start). You have to create the .fsl file, run fossil ui once to set the > admin password, upload it to the server, and either run it (if you're > running it as a server) or set up a CGI script wrapper to run it (for CGI > use).
This is a pity, as it just increases the number of steps in creating a new repository. Are there any plans to increase the breadth of the ui to manage multiple repositories, including listing available repositories already on the server (.fsl/.fossil), creating new ones and possibly deleting existing ones, given high enough privileges, of course? Thanks, Sacha _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
