NAME
    Giddy - Schema-less, versioned media/document database based on Git.

VERSION
    version 0.012_004

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,
    LIKELY TO CHANGE, AND WILL RUN OVER YOUR CAT.

    Giddy is a schema-less (as in NoSQL), versioned database system for
    Unix-like operating systems, 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. It will also create an empty file
    called ".giddy" inside the database and perform an initial commit. You
    can safely remove that file after that.

AUTHOR
    Ido Perlmuter, "<ido at ido50.net>"

BUGS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-giddy at
    rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
    <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Giddy>. 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

        <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Giddy>

    *   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

        <http://annocpan.org/dist/Giddy>

    *   CPAN Ratings

        <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Giddy>

    *   Search CPAN

        <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Giddy/>

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.

