Irmin is a distributed database built on the same principles as Git. It can be used as an OCaml library that provides persistent stores with built-in snapshot, branching and reverting mechanisms.
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The irmin package defines the public API of Irmin. The entry point of the library is the module Irmin.
Irmin is designed to use a large variety of backends. Various backends are provided:
Irmin_mem: An in-memory store provided in the irmin package (this package).Irmin_git: A backend that exposes a bi-directional bridge to a Git repository proivded by the irmin-git package.Irmin_pack: A space-optimiezed, on-disk store inspired by Git Packfiles is provided in the irmin-pack package.Irmin_mirage: A MirageOS compatible store is provided in the irmin-mirage package.The irmin.unix package provides Irmin related utilities for Unix applications.
The entry point of this library is the module Irmin_unix.
This package contains data structure implementations used in the implementation of Irmin. It is exposed only for internal use, and does not provide a stable API.
The entry point of this library is the module Irmin_data.