FHist is a minimalist history tool. It provides no locking or branching. This can be useful in contexts where the configuration management or change control be being provided by some other tool. fhist Keeps track of versions of a file. It works correctly when given binary files as input. fcomp Compares two versions of a file, usually line-for-line textual comparison. It is capable of comparing two binary files byte-for-byte. fmerge Merges together edits from two descendants of a file.