Created attachment 228704 [details]
patch to 2.17

Also changed how fetching works - hooked onto release tags instead of adding version fingerprint.

Changes for version 2.17 (2021-10-09):

    Major improvements to the "diff" subsystem, including:
        Added new formatting options: --by, -b, --webpage, --json, --tcl.
        Partial-line matching for unified diffs
        Better partial-line matching for side-by-side diffs
        Buttons on web-based diffs to show more context
        Performance improvements 
    The --branchcolor option on fossil commit and fossil amend can now take the value "auto" to force Fossil to use its built-in automatic color choosing algorithm.
    Fossil now autosyncs prior to running fossil open.
    Add the ticket-default-report setting, which if set to the title of a ticket report causes that ticket report to be displayed below the search box in the /ticket page.
    The "nc" query parameter to the /timeline page causes all graph coloring to be omitted.
    Improvements and bug fixes to the new "fossil ui REMOTE" feature so that it works better on a wider variety of platforms.
    In /wikiedit, show the list of attachments for the current page and list URLs suitable for pasting them into the page.
    Add the --no-http-compression option to fossil sync and similar.
    Print total payload bytes on a fossil sync when using the --verbose option.
    Add the close, reopen, hide, and unhide subcommands to the branch command.
    The "-p" option to fossil branch list shows only private branches.
    The Markdown formatter now interprets the content of block HTML markup (such as <table>) in most cases. Only content of <pre> and <script> is passed through verbatim.
    The wiki list command no longer lists "deleted" pages by default. Use the new --all option to include deleted pages in the output.
    The fossil all git status command only shows reports for the subset of repositories that have a configured Git export.
    The /chat configuration was reimplemented and provides new options, including the ability for a repository administrator to extend the selection of notification sounds using unversioned files.
    Chat now uses fossil's full complement of markdown features, instead of the prior small subset of markup it previously supported. This retroactively applies to all chat messages, as they are markdown-processed when they are sent instead of when they are saved.
    Added a chat message preview mode so messages can be previewed before being sent. Similarly, added a per-message ability to view the raw un-parsed message text.
    The hotkey to activate preview mode in /wikiedit, /fileedit, and /pikchrshow was changed from ctrl-enter to shift-enter in order to align with /chat's new preview feature and related future changes.