Fossil versus Git

4 months ago

Fossil and Git are both distributed version control systems with overlapping features.
Fossil includes integrated wiki, ticketing, bug tracking, documentation, notes, forum, and chat services, unlike Git which focuses solely on file versioning.
Fossil is a single self-contained executable, while Git is a collection of many small tools.
Fossil uses SQLite for data storage, providing ACID transactions and a high-level query language, whereas Git uses a custom key/value store.
Fossil runs natively on both POSIX and Windows systems, while Git runs natively on POSIX and requires additional setup for Windows.
Fossil promotes a cathedral-style development model, while Git promotes a bazaar-style development model.
Fossil focuses on the entire tree of changes, while Git focuses on individual branches.
Fossil allows many check-outs per repository, while Git typically uses one check-out per repository.
Fossil records what actually happened in the development process, while Git often rewrites history to maintain a clean check-in history.
Fossil requires testing before committing changes, whereas Git allows committing changes before testing.
Fossil uses SHA-3 hashes by default, while Git still primarily uses SHA-1.

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