Build fossil scm utility for nextvod

[2013/01/13 updated]
I think the best cross platform between Linux/embedded system maybe 'fossil'. It is created by the same author of sqlite.  Just use a single executable to work all SCM(Source Control Management) things.
On nextvod side(one embedded system), I use stlinux 2.3 as cross compile tool.  Here is the process.

1. wget  http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/tarball/tip.tar.xz
2. tar xf tip.tar.xz ; cd tip.tar
3. ./configure --host=sh4-linux   # CC=sh4-linux-gcc CXX=sh4-linux-g++ 也可以
4. make
5. /opt/STM/STLinux-2.3/host/bin/ldd fossil # check dynamic libraries
1. libz.so.1
2. libssl.so.1.0.0
3. libcrypto.so.1.0.0
4. libreadline.so.5
5. libc.so.6
6. /lib/ld-linux.so.2
6. install ./fossil and dynamic libraries to  <nextvod_machine>
• Hint: you could copy the stlinux's library from /opt/STM/STLinux-2.3/devkit/sh4/target

On Linux side (Arch Linux), I use 'yaourt -S fossil-fossil' to install it.
On debian chroot environment (don't use old 2010yr package, build by yourself):

• apt-get install zlib1g-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev make # before configure

Initial the fossil repository is easy, just follow the quickstart guide.

1. fossil init nextvod.fossil
2. fossil open nextvod.fossil
3. fossil settings allow-symlinks on
4. fossil set editor vi  # setup default vi editor
5. fossil ui &  # a web interface user interface

From now on, we can use simple fossil commands to keep the modification log in nextvod.

1. fossil add etc/inittab
2. fossil commit -m 'before modify'
3. vi etc/inittab
4. fossil commit -m 'after modify'

Sync between two machines:

1. in nextvod
1. fossil server
2. in linux
1. clone at first time 
1. fossil clone http://user:pass@ip:8080/nextvod.fossil nextvod.fossil
2. mkdir -p repo ; cd repo ; fossil open ../nextvod.fossil
2. sync
1. fossil sync http://root:pass@nextvod:8080/ 

There are some similar commands to cvs/svn/hg/git.

• fossil help
• fossil status
• fossil rm
• fossil mv
• fossil ci --help # check in
• fossil ci --branch <new_branch>  # fossill branch only when check in
• fossil open <repo>.fossil --keep # use this to check differences(default:trunk)
• fossil open <repo>.fossil <branch/tag> --keep # use this to check differences

My settings:

• fossil settings --global  <OPTION> <VALUE>
• fossil settings --global ignore-glob '*.o,*.exe'
• fossil settings --global editor v
• fossil settings --global allow-symlinks on
• fossil ui
• Admin->Timeline-> uncheck UTC time zone option # use local time
• setup fossil server for multiple repository(r1.fossil, r2.fossil put in fs)
• cd fs ; fossil ui --notfound notfound.html --files '*.html' .
• notfound.html  can put some description in r1.fossil, r2.fossil
• setup your password:Admin->Users-><id>->Password->Apply
• fossil clone http://<id>@localhost:8080/r1 r1.fossil  # access by remote