Fossil SCM

Micro-touchups to the is-not-relational doc. (Its name really should be shortened to not-relational.md, but we already have links to the longer name out in the wild.)

stephan 2021-02-24 00:24 trunk
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unfamiliar with its internals to assume that Fossil stores its
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SCM-relevant data in a database-friendly way and that the SCM history
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can be modified via SQL. The truth, however, is *far stranger than
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that.*
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-This presentation introduces, at a relatively high level:
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+This document introduces, at a relatively high level:
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1) The underlying enduring and immutable data format, which is
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independent of any specific storage engine.
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2) The `blob` table: Fossil's single point of SCM-relevant data
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```
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-Each line is a single data record called a "card". The first letter of
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+Each line is a single data record called a "card." The first letter of
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each line tells us the type of data stored on that line and the
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following space-separated tokens contain the data for that
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line. Tokens which themselves contain spaces (notably the checkin
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comment) have those escaped as `\s`. The raw text of wiki
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pages/comments, forum posts, and ticket bodies/comments is stored
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- **Two-way compatibility with other hypothetical clients** which also
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implement the same underlying data model. So far there are none, but
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it's conceivably possible.
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-- **Provides a solid basis for reporting.** Fossil's metrics and
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- reporting options are arguably the most powerful and flexible yet
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- seen in an SCM.
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+- **Provides a solid basis for reporting.** Fossil's real-time metrics
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+ and reporting options are arguably the most powerful and flexible
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+ yet seen in an SCM.
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- Very probably several more things.
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6 unfamiliar with its internals to assume that Fossil stores its
7 SCM-relevant data in a database-friendly way and that the SCM history
8 can be modified via SQL. The truth, however, is *far stranger than
9 that.*
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11 This presentation introduces, at a relatively high level:
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13 1) The underlying enduring and immutable data format, which is
14 independent of any specific storage engine.
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16 2) The `blob` table: Fossil's single point of SCM-relevant data
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180 R 74a0432d81b956bfc3ff5a1a2bb46eb5
181 U drh
182 Z c9dcc06ecead312b1c310711cb360bc3
183 ```
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185 Each line is a single data record called a "card". The first letter of
186 each line tells us the type of data stored on that line and the
187 following space-separated tokens contain the data for that
188 line. Tokens which themselves contain spaces (notably the checkin
189 comment) have those escaped as `\s`. The raw text of wiki
190 pages/comments, forum posts, and ticket bodies/comments is stored
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398 - **Two-way compatibility with other hypothetical clients** which also
399 implement the same underlying data model. So far there are none, but
400 it's conceivably possible.
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402 - **Provides a solid basis for reporting.** Fossil's metrics and
403 reporting options are arguably the most powerful and flexible yet
404 seen in an SCM.
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406 - Very probably several more things.
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--- www/fossil-is-not-relational.md
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6 unfamiliar with its internals to assume that Fossil stores its
7 SCM-relevant data in a database-friendly way and that the SCM history
8 can be modified via SQL. The truth, however, is *far stranger than
9 that.*
10
11 This document introduces, at a relatively high level:
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13 1) The underlying enduring and immutable data format, which is
14 independent of any specific storage engine.
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16 2) The `blob` table: Fossil's single point of SCM-relevant data
@@ -180,11 +180,11 @@
180 R 74a0432d81b956bfc3ff5a1a2bb46eb5
181 U drh
182 Z c9dcc06ecead312b1c310711cb360bc3
183 ```
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185 Each line is a single data record called a "card." The first letter of
186 each line tells us the type of data stored on that line and the
187 following space-separated tokens contain the data for that
188 line. Tokens which themselves contain spaces (notably the checkin
189 comment) have those escaped as `\s`. The raw text of wiki
190 pages/comments, forum posts, and ticket bodies/comments is stored
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398 - **Two-way compatibility with other hypothetical clients** which also
399 implement the same underlying data model. So far there are none, but
400 it's conceivably possible.
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402 - **Provides a solid basis for reporting.** Fossil's real-time metrics
403 and reporting options are arguably the most powerful and flexible
404 yet seen in an SCM.
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406 - Very probably several more things.
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