Got

Like Git, but with an 'o'

Got is version control, with a model similar to Git's. A solution to the problems that come from using Git to store all of your data. Got uses an improved data structure that better handles large files and directories, and encrypts all the data that you give it.

Quick Links

• Docs
• CLI Reference
• GotFS
• GotKV

Getting Started

Installation

Either download a prebuilt binary or build one from source.

Installs to /usr/bin/got with just.

$ just install

This will build Got for the current architecture, leaving the binary in build/out/got.

Create a New Repo

Then initialize a repository in the current working directory. Make sure you cd to where you want the repository.

$ got init

That will create a new repo using an in-process blobcache. All content will be stored in the .got/blobcache directory.

This is the recommended way to try out blobcache.

A repo can also be initially configured to use an external Blobcache based on an environment variable. This command will initialize a Repo that looks at BLOBCACHE_API to find a Blobcache service.

$ got init --blobcache env-client --mkvol my_new_got_repo_volume 

For large repositories, it is recommended to use an out of process blobcache

Contributing

We use just as a command runner. All of the common development tasks have just commands.

To run the tests:

$ just test

To build release binaries

just build-exec

The release binaries for all architectures will be under the build/out directory.

Got in Action

Got importing a 3GB file.

$ got add large_file.dat
[1.608s]
  [1.564s] large_file.dat data_in=(1.24GB Δ=799.35MB/s)
    [1.564s] worker-0 blobs_in=(182blobs Δ=117.26blobs/s), data_in=(157.09MB Δ=101.21MB/s)
    [1.564s] worker-1 blobs_in=(197blobs Δ=127.43blobs/s), data_in=(158.19MB Δ=102.33MB/s)
    [1.564s] worker-2 blobs_in=(181blobs Δ=116.50blobs/s), data_in=(154.83MB Δ=99.66MB/s)
    [1.564s] worker-3 blobs_in=(172blobs Δ=112.63blobs/s), data_in=(154.01MB Δ=100.85MB/s)
    [1.564s] worker-4 blobs_in=(179blobs Δ=116.82blobs/s), data_in=(157.34MB Δ=102.68MB/s)
    [1.564s] worker-5 blobs_in=(177blobs Δ=115.36blobs/s), data_in=(156.12MB Δ=101.75MB/s)
    [1.564s] worker-6 blobs_in=(199blobs Δ=130.09blobs/s), data_in=(155.20MB Δ=101.46MB/s)
    [1.564s] worker-7 blobs_in=(161blobs Δ=104.50blobs/s), data_in=(150.69MB Δ=97.81MB/s)

More

Read more about [concepts](./doc/2 .0_Concepts.md).

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