Specifically, I'd like a forum to ask questions on, but for now, to know what this means:

ERROR. server says: 405 Method not allowed

and how to get a copy of a file from the server to the client (I've got as far as your bullet points, but something is wrong... 405

My previous attempt at writing a post lost every other newline, so I'll reformat it and make it legible here:

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I want to get my company using fossil, but can't figure it out from the web site and can't find a forum or email to seek help, so I'm adding this! The tutorial in the wiki is no help. The 'quick start' is all out of order: a newbie needs a process to follow to see things happening.

The first thing any user will want to do is put a file into a new repository, get it to another PC, change it, and see the changes on the first PC...

Here's what I'm trying (using Windows at the moment):

1) Get fossil.exe on each of two PCs, in the Windows folder and open a command prompt.

2) on one PC which I'll call Server, create a file Test.txt with the following two lines:

Line 1

Line 2

3) still on server, type:

fossil new Test.fossil

fossil open Test.fossil

fossil add Test.txt

fossil commit -m "First version"

fossil close Test.fossil

fossil ui Test.fossil

4) Set up the new project name, description and logo in the browser

5) Set the (Windows) firewall (control panel) to listen to TCP port 80

6) on the other PC, which I'll call Client, type:

fossil clone Test.fossil

The party ends here. I get told:

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Bytes Cards Artifacts Deltas Send: 49 1 0 0

ERROR. server says: 405 Method not allowed

Send: 619 24 0 0

ERROR. server says: 405 Method not allowed

Total network traffic: 603 bytes sent, 2000 bytes

received Rebuilding repository meta-data...

0 (0%)...

project-id: (null) server-id: admin-user: Ross (password is "0f00ea")

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Apparently Artifacts should be artefacts (i->e)


What does "ERROR. server says: 405 Method not allowed" mean?

How do I get a copy of Test.txt out of the repository to edit?


You must have spent hundreds of hours on the code, but it's wasted if it takes an enthusiastic newbie I.T. manager a day to get this far! I'd love to use fossil and support it, but it needs a forum for help (I can't find one) or at least a walk-through in the style I started above (perhaps a flow chart to include potential errors like forgetting to open ports). If it needs me to write the docs, I'll do it, but first I need to make it work!