How to make Fossil track file and folder renames?

Question

I'm experimenting with Fossil SCM, and while it is a great piece of software overall, there are a couple of real roadblocks for me. The major one is the renames: it seems that Fossil can't track file/folder name changes without hand-holding, that is I need to run fossil mv for each file/folder being renamed and rename the files/folders on the filesystem myself.

I've seen this thread, but it is 15 years old. Maybe there have been improvements in this area since then? Does anyone know how to automate this?

PS There are a couple of other questions regarding Fossil, I will post them separately, since packing several questions in one post is not welcome here.

Answer 1

Nowadays, Fossil can apply renames on the filesystem as well as in its repository, using the mv-rm-files setting:

If enabled, the mv and rename commands will also move the associated files within the check-out -AND- the rm and delete commands will also remove the associated files from within the check-out.

You can also explicitly use the --hard option when using the rename command.

See also this forum post: https://fossil-scm.org/forum/forumpost/ecc3f14f7215028a41fee6d1a94d2ea894cb5cf19b0caf4b544020a5601d04da.