NAME Giddy - Schema-less, versioned media/document database based on Git. VERSION version v0.11.0 SYNOPSIS use Giddy; my $giddy = Giddy->new; my $db = $giddy->get_database('/path/to/database'); DESCRIPTION WARNING: THIS IS ALPHA SOFTWARE, RELEASED FOR TESTING PURPOSES ONLY. DO NOT USE IT ON A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT YET. IT'S INCOMPLETE, BUG-RIDDEN, AND WILL RUN OVER YOUR CAT. Giddy is a schema-less (as in NoSQL), versioned database system built on top of Git. A database in Giddy is simply a Git repository, providing the database with automatic, comprehensive versioning and distributive capabilities. As opposed to most modern database systems, Giddy aims to be human editable. One can create/edit/delete database entries with nothing but a text editor and some simple git commands (YAML has been chosen as the serialization format since YAML is well suited as a human editable format; however, JSON support is planned). This module provides an API for usage by Perl applications. Main database features (not all features implemented yet): * Human editable * Multiple version concurrency * Concurrent transactions * Distributed peers * Disconnected operation * Consistent UTF-8 encoding * Other fancy words STOP: This document (and all other module documentation provided with the distribution) are for reference purposes only. Please read Giddy::Manual before using Giddy to learn about the database system and how to use it. CLASS METHODS new() Creates a new instance of this module. OBJECT METHODS get_database( $path ) Returns a Giddy::Database object tied to a Git repository located on the file system. Please provide full path names to prevent potential problems. If the path doesn't exist, Giddy will attempt to create it and initialize it as a Git repository. AUTHOR Ido Perlmuter, "" BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-giddy at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. SUPPORT You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Giddy You can also look for information at: * RT: CPAN's request tracker * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation * CPAN Ratings * Search CPAN LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright 2011 Ido Perlmuter. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.