ReadMe(FHist)

NAME
fhist - file history and comparison tools
Copyright (C) Peter Miller;

Portions of this program are
Copyright (C) 1990 David I. Bell.

The fhist package is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, see the LICENSE section, below, for more information.

DESCRIPTION
The FHist package contains 3 utilities, a file history tool “fhist”, a file comparison tool “fcomp”, and a file merging tool “fmerge”. All three are bundled together, because they all use the same minimal-difference algorithm.

fhist
    Keeps track of versions of a file. It works correctly when given binary files as input. See fhist(1) for more information.

fcomp
    Compares two versions of a file, usually line-for-line textual comparison. It is capable of comparing two binary files byte-for-byte. See fcomp(1) for more information.

fmerge
    Merges together edits from two descendants of a file. See fmerge(1) for more information.

The history tool presented here, fhist, is a minimal history tool. It provides no locking or branching. This can be useful in contexts where the configuration management or change control be being provided by some other tool.

BUILDING
For complete instructions for host to build these programs, see the BUILDING file included in this distribution.

ARCHIVE SITE
The latest version of fhist is available on the Web from:
    URL: | http://fhist.sourceforge.net/
    File: | index.html | # The FHist page.
    File: | fhist-.README | # Description, from the tar file
    File: | fhist-.lsm | # Description, in LSM format
    File: | fhist-.spec | # RedHat package spec
    File: | fhist-.tar.Z | # The complete source.
FHist is also carried by sunsite.unc.edu in its Linux archives. You will be able to find FHist on any of its mirrors.
    URL: | ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel/vc/
    File: | fhist-.README | # Description, from the tar file
    File: | fhist-.lsm | # Description, in LSM format
    File: | fhist-.spec | # RedHat package spec
    File: | fhist-.tar.Z | # The complete source.
This site is extensively mirrored around the world, so look for a copy near you (you will get much better response).

RELEASE NOTES
For excruciating detail, and also acknowledgements of those who generously sent me feedback, please see the etc/CHANGES. file included in this distribution.

A number of features and bug fixes have been added to fhist with this release. A few of them are detailed here: