Checking the status of a fossil repository
Before you start any new development, you should compare the state of your local repository to the master repository. You don't want to waste time writing code that conflicts with code that's been accepted.
How to do it...
The fossil status
command will report the current status of your project, whether you have uncommitted edits and whether your working code is at the tip:
$ fossil status repository: /home/clif/myProject/../myProject.fossil local-root: /home/clif/myProject/ config-db: /home/clif/.fossil checkout: 47c85d29075b25aa0d61f39d56f61f72ac2aae67 2016-12-20 17:35:49 UTC parent: f3c579cd47d383980770341e9c079a87d92b17db 2016-12-20 17:33:38 UTC tags: trunk comment: Ticket 1234abc workaround (user: clif) EDITED main.tcl
If there has been a commit made to the branch you're working on since your last checkout, the status will include a line resembling the following...