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by sgbeal 929 days ago
> you can actually go into the sqlite db and change stuff

_Nothing_ history-relevant can be changed via manipulation of the Fossil db. In terms of db records, as opposed to space, the db is about 80-90% a transient cache of data which is generated from the remaining (100% immutable) data. Any changes you make to that transient data will be lost the next time that cache is discarded and rebuilt. A longer explanation can be found at:

https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/fossil-is-not-rela...

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thanks for the clarification! i'd still be in for a fossil t-shirt :)