Explore Dolt

[adamziel]

https://github.com/dolthub/dolt is a SQL database that you can fork, clone, branch, merge, push and pull just like a Git repository.

MySQL->Dolt replication, push/pull mechanics, and the conflict resolution approach could give us a lot for free. PostgreSQL support is on their roadmap, too, and perhaps that’s how WP could get Postgres support. A few things that worry me are the ~103mb binary size, no plans to support WebAssembly (in 2019 at least), and no timeline for Dolt->MySQL replication.

cc @bgrgicak @brandonpayton

[brandonpayton]

That looks pretty cool. I haven't had a chance to play with it yet, but it got me thinking:
Dolt may turn out to be directly useful for Playground and WP, but if it doesn't, there may still be a lot we can learn from how it approaches merge, push, and pull.

[brandonpayton]

I'm also curious what contributes to its 103mb binary size. Maybe the essential parts wouldn't take much space.

[brandonpayton]

I'm also curious what contributes to its 103mb binary size. Maybe the essential parts wouldn't take much space.

Hmm, it's written in Go which defaults to static linking.

[bgrgicak]

Dolt may turn out to be directly useful for Playground and WP, but if it doesn't, there may still be a lot we can learn from how it approaches merge, push, and pull.

+1 we will probably need to build something in the end. Dolt seems to have a lot more features than we actually need.