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Re:Show HN: Zb, a self-contained zip blog by rpdillon on Friday April 29, 2022 @09:36PM (#31212587)
This type of project is quite interesting to me, and I plan to give it a try. Skimming through the README, I noticed a couple of errors:

1. Under cloning with git, the command should 'git' rather than 'fossil' 2. The link to LICENSE is a 404. The correct link should likely be https://code.rosaelefanten.org/zb/file?name=LICENSE&ci=tip rather than https://code.rosaelefanten.org/zb/LICENSE.

Regardless, this is an awesome idea and implementation. It's also neat that you're hosting the source with Fossil!

Re:Show HN: Zb, a self-contained zip blog by rhabarba on Friday April 29, 2022 @09:44PM (#31212627)
Ah, READMEs. The least loved part of my software, usually.

1. Yes, oops. I usually don't waste many thoughts on Git, I just happen to mirror my Fossil repositories there - so this has just slipped by. Fixed, thank you.

2. Hmm, Fossil's internal linking and its Markdown parser do not spark much joy... fixed as well. :-) (The GitHub mirror will be updated tomorrow night, but the Fossil repository is live.)

When I started hosting my own repositories, I was evaluating Mercurial, Fossil, CVS, SVN and Darcs, but Fossil was (and still is) the easiest to maintain, so I decided to stick with it. I'm glad that I'm not the only person who likes it! (Most of my projects are not a bazaar, so Fossil is perfect for them.)