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Write down some idea for a db system I want

Sebastian Thiel committed 4 years ago

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243 as well. What would an MVP look like? Maybe even something that could ship with gitoxide.243 as well. What would an MVP look like? Maybe even something that could ship with gitoxide.
244* [ ] A truly awesome history rewriter which makes it easy to understand what happened while avoiding all pitfalls. Think BFG, but more awesome, if that's possible.244* [ ] A truly awesome history rewriter which makes it easy to understand what happened while avoiding all pitfalls. Think BFG, but more awesome, if that's possible.
245* [ ] `git-tui` should learn a lot from [fossil-scm] regarding the presentation of data. Maybe [this](https://github.com/Lutetium-Vanadium/requestty/) can be used for prompts. Probably [magit] has a lot to offer, too.245* [ ] `git-tui` should learn a lot from [fossil-scm] regarding the presentation of data. Maybe [this](https://github.com/Lutetium-Vanadium/requestty/) can be used for prompts. Probably [magit] has a lot to offer, too.
246* [ ] Can markdown be used as database so issue-trackers along with meta-data could just be markdown files which are mostly human-editable? Could user interfaces246* An event-based database that uses commit messages to store deltas, while occasionally aggregating the actual state in a tree. Of course it's distributed by nature, allowing
247 be meta-data aware and just hide the meta-data chunks which are now editable in the GUI itself? Doing this would make conflicts easier to resolve than an `sqlite`247 people to work offline.
248 database.248 - It's abstracted to completely hide the actual data model behind it, allowing for all kinds of things to be implemented on top.
249 * ~~A git-backend for `sqlite` which should allow embedding sqlite databases into git repositories, which in turn can be used for bug-trackers, wikis or other249 - Commits probably need a nanosecond component for the timestamp, which can be added via custom header field.
250 features, making for a fully distributed github like experience, maybe.~~250 - having recording all changes allows for perfect merging, both on the client or on the server, while keeping a natural audit log which makes it useful for mission critical
251 databases in business.
252 * Can markdown be used as database so issue-trackers along with meta-data could just be markdown files which are mostly human-editable? Could user interfaces
253 be meta-data aware and just hide the meta-data chunks which are now editable in the GUI itself? Doing this would make conflicts easier to resolve than an `sqlite`
254 database.
255 * ~~A git-backend for `sqlite` which should allow embedding sqlite databases into git repositories, which in turn can be used for bug-trackers, wikis or other
256 features, making for a fully distributed github like experience, maybe.~~
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