D 2010-12-18T18:35:51
J comment I\shave\smany\ssituations\swhere\sI\screate\sprojects\sof\sthe\ssame\stype--web\sapps\sbased\son\sLift\sor\sNode.js,\sAndroid\sapps,\sgeneric\sprojects\swith\sa\sstock\sbuild\ssystem\sconfigured\sto\smy\sspecs,\setc.\sOften\sthese\sprojects\sare\sdistributed\sby\sme\sor\sothers\sas\sGit\srepositories\swhich\sI\scan\sjust\sclone\sand\sstart\sdeveloping\son.\sWhen\sI'm\sready\sto\spush\smy\schanges\sremotely,\sI\sjust\sreplace\sthe\sorigin\sremote\sand\sstart\scommitting.\r\n\r\nIt\swould\sbe\snice\sif\sFossil\scould\ssupport\sthis\suse\scase\swithout\srequiring\sthat\sthe\sfiles\sfor\seach\snew\srevision\sbe\sre-added.\sOften\sI\smake\schanges\sthat\ssuch\sa\sprocess\swouldn't\scatch,\slike\ssetting\san\signore\sglob\sfor\sbuild\sartifacts\sfor\sinstance.\sHere's\swhat\sI'd\srecommend:\r\n\r\nMake\s"fossil\snew"\saccept\sa\ssecond\sargument\slike\sso:\r\n\r\nfossil\snew\smy_new_app.fossil\shttp://dev.thewordnerd.info/android\r\n\r\nThis\swould\sfirst\sclone\shttp://dev.thewordnerd.info/android\sinto\smy_new_app.fossil.\sIt\swould\sthen\sdetach\smy_new_app.fossil\sfrom\sthis\sremote\sURL\sand\schange\sits\sproject\scode\ssuch\sthat\sI\scan't\saccidentally\soverwrite\smy\stemplate\sproject\swith\sany\schanges\sI\smake\sin\sthe\snew\sapp.\r\n\r\nI\sknow\sthat\sthis\sis\spossible\svia\sa\stest\scommand,\sbut\sI\sthink\sit's\sa\scommon\senough\suse\scase\sthat\sit\sshould\sbe\ssupported\sdirectly\sin\snew\srepository\screation.\sSince\sI'm\spretty\smuch\sfully\soff\sof\sGit\sat\sthis\spoint,\sI'd\slike\sto\sstart\sconverting\smy\svarious\stemplate\sstarter\sprojects\sto\sFossil\sso\sI\sdon't\shave\sto\sperform\sthe\ssame\sbasic\sconfiguration\ssteps\seach\stime\sI\sstart\sa\snew\sproject.
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