Annex: Quick reference

Note: some sub-commands can be invoked with alternate names. For example, fcm help is the same as fcm ?. In this annex, some favourite alternate names are listed, separated by a pipe, i.e. the above example will be given as fcm help|?.

Getting help

fcm help|?

get list of subcommands

fcm help|? SUBCOMMAND

get help on SUBCOMMAND

Maintaining the working copy

fcm checkout|co [OPTIONS] URL [DEST]

Checkout URL (and create a working copy at DEST)

fcm checkout|co -r N URL [DEST]

Checkout revision N of URL (and create a working copy at DEST)

fcm info

Print working copy information

fcm status|st [OPTIONS]

Print status of working copy

fcm status|st -u

Show update information

fcm status|st -v

Show verbose information

fcm update|up

Update working copy with repository changes

fcm switch|sw URL

Switch your working copy to point to a branch specified by URL

fcm commit|ci

Commit local changes back into the repository

Preparing changes

fcm diff|di [OPTIONS]

Display working copy changes in unified diff format

fcm diff|di -b

Show differences relative to the base of the branch

fcm diff|di -g

Display working copy changes with a graphical diff tool

fcm diff|di -r N

Display working copy changes against revision N

fcm diff|di -t

Display differences in Trac, (with -b only)

fcm revert [OPTIONS] PATH

Restore the file PATH to the pristine copy

fcm revert -R PATH

Descend PATH recursively, restoring any modified files to the pristine copy

fcm mkdir [PATH]

Add a directory PATH under revision control

fcm add [OPTIONS] [PATH]

Add PATH under revision control

fcm add -c [PATH]

Check for items not under revision control and add them

fcm delete|del|rm [OPTIONS] [PATH]

Remove PATH from revision control

fcm delete|del|rm -c [PATH]

Check for missing items and remove them

fcm copy|cp SRC DST

Duplicate SRC to DST, remembering history

fcm move|mv SRC DST

Move or rename SRC to DST, remembering history

Browsing

fcm log [OPTIONS] [TARGET]

Show the log message of a TARGET that can either be working copy or URL

fcm log -r N[:M] [TARGET]

Show the log message of a range of reivsions

fcm list|ls [OPTIONS] [TARGET]

List directory entries in TARGET

fcm list|ls -r N [TARGET]

List directory entries of revision N

fcm list|ls -v [TARGET]

List directory entries in verbose mode

fcm list|ls -R [TARGET]

List directory entries recursively down the directories

fcm trac [TARGET]

Open a WWW browser to browse TARGET with Trac

Branching

fcm branch|br [OPTIONS] [URL]

Show branch information of URL or local working copy

fcm branch|br -d [URL]

Show branch information and delete the branch

fcm branch|br -c -n NAME [URL]

Create a branch

fcm merge [SOURCE]

Merge changes from SOURCE to your working copy

fcm conflicts|cf

Use xxdiff to resolve conflicts in your working copy