JSON git like repository idea

Repository.coffee

Immutable = require('immutable')
immutableDiff = require("immutablediff")
sha = require("stable-sha1")

class Repository

  constructor: (initialData) ->
    @workingCopy = Immutable.fromJS(initialData)
    @objectMap = {}
    @author = "[email protected]"
    @head = undefined

  branch: (currentBranch, name) ->
    return {
      name: name
    }

  updateIn: (arr, fn) ->
    @workingCopy = @workingCopy.updateIn(arr, fn)

  createCommit: (message) ->
    ref = sha(@workingCopy)
    @objectMap[ref] = @workingCopy
    commit = Immutable.fromJS(
      author: @author
      date: Date.now()
      message: message
      ref: ref
      parentId: @head
    )
    @head = sha(commit)
    @objectMap[@head] = commit
    return commit

  getObjectById: (sha) ->
    return @objectMap[sha]

  diffFromParent: (commitId) ->
    childCommit = @getObjectById(commitId)
    if childCommit?
      parentId = childCommit.get("parentId")
      parentCommit = @getObjectById(parentId)
      if parentCommit?
        childObject = @getObjectById(childCommit.get("ref"))
        parentObject = @getObjectById(parentCommit.get("ref"))
        if childObject? and parentObject?
          return immutableDiff(parentObject, childObject)
    else
      return Immutable.fromJS([])

  parentIdOfCommitId: (commitId) ->
    commit = @getObjectById(commitId)
    if commit?
      commit.get("parentId")


dropboxRoot = "/Users/jwright/Dropbox/Disco"

project =
  name: "Disco"
  team: []
  ui:
    components: [
      BuyIcon:
        type: "Image"
        image: "#{dropboxRoot}/images/buy.png"
    ]
    screens:[
      name: "home"
      root:
        backgroundColor: "#fffff"
        subviews:[
          label:
            type: "BuyIcon"
        ]
    ]

repository = new Repository(project)

# Initial Commit
repository.createCommit("Initial")

# Add some team members
repository.updateIn(["team"], (team) ->
  team.push("[email protected]")
)
repository.updateIn(["team"], (team) ->
  team.push("[email protected]")
)

# Create another commit
repository.createCommit("Add team members")

diff = repository.diffFromParent(repository.head)
json = JSON.stringify(diff, 0, 2)
console.log(json)