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Quick setup

(1.7) By cashmere on 2026-08-19 18:19:53 edited from 1.6 [source]

Registration

Register on https://bbs.copland.systems/register. Your username must be at least 6 characters long and may only contain a-z, 0-9, -, _ and .. Registration gives you the local rank automatically: you can read everything and submit forum posts for moderation.

Clone

Clone the repository. Replace USERNAME with the exact name you registered with:

fossil clone https://USERNAME@bbs.copland.systems bbs.fossil

The USERNAME@ part matters: it makes your local clone use your registered name for everything you create. Without it, your changes would be authored under your operating system username, and that wrong name stays in the history forever. You do not need to wait for approval before cloning.

Fossil will ask for your password during the clone. Say yes when it asks to remember it, so later syncs will not ask again.

Start UI

Start the local UI:

fossil ui bbs.fossil

Note: the local UI always shows you with full powers, including user administration. That is normal and only affects your own clone. Ranks are enforced on the server, never locally.

Make your changes through the local UI: forum posts, wiki pages, your profile page under users/USERNAME. Everything works offline.

Push changes

Push your changes upstream:

fossil sync -R bbs.fossil

If your account has not been approved yet, this answers with Error: not authorized to write. That is expected and harmless: nothing is lost, your work stays in your local clone. Ask the sysop to approve you to the wired rank, then run the same command again.

As wired you can publish forum posts immediately, create and edit wiki pages, use chat and push your changes upstream.

Troubleshooting

If anything ever feels out of sync between your local name and your registered name: do not try to fix it on the server. Delete your clone and clone again as described in Clone.

(2) By joshuablais on 2026-08-14 19:56:58 in reply to 1.0 [link] [source]

wtf is a fossil

(3) By cashmere on 2026-08-14 20:19:15 in reply to 2 [link] [source]

Please don't ask me...