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NAME

GitStore - Git as versioned data store in Perl

SYNOPSIS

use GitStore;

my $gs = GitStore->new('/path/to/repo');
$gs->set( 'users/obj.txt', $obj );
$gs->set( ['config', 'wiki.txt'], { hash_ref => 1 } );
$gs->commit();
$gs->set( 'yyy/xxx.log', 'Log me' );
$gs->discard();

# later or in another pl
my $val = $gs->get( 'user/obj.txt' ); # $val is the same as $obj
my $val = $gs->get( 'config/wiki.txt' ); # $val is { hashref => 1 } );
my $val = $gs->get( ['yyy', 'xxx.log' ] ); # $val is undef since discard

DESCRIPTION

It is inspired by the Python and Ruby binding. check SEE ALSO

METHODS

new

GitStore->new('/path/to/repo');
GitStore->new( repo => '/path/to/repo', branch => 'mybranch' );
GitStore->new( repo => '/path/to/repo', author => 'Someone Unknown <unknown\@what.com>' );
repo

your git dir (without .git)

branch

your branch name, default is 'master'

author

It is used in the commit info

set($path, $val)

$gs->set( 'yyy/xxx.log', 'Log me' );
$gs->set( ['config', 'wiki.txt'], { hash_ref => 1 } );
$gs->set( 'users/obj.txt', $obj );

Store $val as a $path file in Git

$path can be String or ArrayRef

$val can be String or Ref[HashRef|ArrayRef|Ref[Ref]] or blessed Object

get($path)

$gs->get( 'user/obj.txt' );
$gs->get( ['yyy', 'xxx.log' ] );

Get $val from the $path file

$path can be String or ArrayRef

delete($path)

remove($path)

remove $path from Git store

commit

$gs->commit();
$gs->commit('Your Comments Here');

commit the set changes into Git

discard

$gs->discard();

discard the set changes

FAQ

why the files are not there?

run

git checkout

any example?

# if you just need a local repo, that's all you need.
mkdir sandbox
cd sandbox
git init
# use GitStore->new('/path/to/this/sandbox')
# set something
git checkout

# follows are for remote git url
git remote add origin git@github.com:fayland/sandbox2.git
git push origin master
# do more GitStore->new('/path/to/this/sandbox') later
git checkout
git pull origin master
git push

SEE ALSO

Article

http://www.newartisans.com/2008/05/using-git-as-a-versioned-data-store-in-python.html

Python binding

http://github.com/jwiegley/git-issues/tree/master

Ruby binding

http://github.com/georgi/git_store/tree/master

Git URL

http://github.com/fayland/perl-git-store/tree/master

AUTHOR

Fayland Lam, <fayland at gmail.com>

Itsy bitsy contribution by Yanick Champoux, <yanick@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2009, 2010 Fayland Lam, all rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.