GitDB, a distributed embeddable database on top of Git

If the rest of the world were like the software industry, we would see news like this on Facebook:<p>&quot;KayaCar, a distributed kayak with wheels to drive on the streets of San Francisco&quot;

Using git for so many things (it&#x27;s a database! it&#x27;s a blockchain! it&#x27;s a dessert topping! It&#x27;s a floor wax! [1]) does start to smell of &quot;I have a hammer, and luckily everything looks like a nail if I squint enough&quot;. But it is fun to see how folks have stretched git into so many directions, even if some of them are more useful than others.<p>[1] SNL, 1976: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nbc.com&#x2F;saturday-night-live&#x2F;video&#x2F;shimmer-floor-wax&#x2F;n8625" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nbc.com&#x2F;saturday-night-live&#x2F;video&#x2F;shimmer-floor-...</a> (may not work in all regions, sorry)<p>(edited link)

Looks very cool! Reminds me of Irmin (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;irmin.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;irmin.org&#x2F;</a>) but with a much simpler and more intuitive interface

Very cool. Now we need exactly this but for sqlite. Decentral offline databases that can sync.

Curious how this compares to Dolt or Noms.

I guess this would allow git to have its own issue tracker and forum like fossil does?

Really don&#x27;t get it and would like to understand. Let&#x27;s say I don&#x27;t need a full DB. Why use it instead of, let&#x27;s say, sqlite? I know devops uses git itself for storing and pulling out stuff for their automations. Is it in that direction?

I&#x27;ve been imagining a similar concept, but using linting rules to create an optimized file tree with a SQL API to manipulate and query the data programmatically. You could even use a traditional text editor to manage the data.

How does <i>merging</i> work? Would it even be acceptable to allow automatic merging in all types of application?

How is this distributed in anything but the most trivial sense? In the documentation it literally says this is not distributed, and there is a centralized git server.<p>If the creator doesn&#x27;t know how common database terms are used they probably don&#x27;t know much about writing a database.