gitdb.rb

module Gkv
  class Database
    attr_accessor :items

    def initialize
      `git init`
      @items = {}
    end

    def set(key, value)
      @items[key] = value
    end

    def get(key)
      cat_file(@items[key.to_s]).strip!
    end

    private

    def hash_object(data)
      `echo "#{data.to_s}" | git hash-object -w --stdin`.strip!
    end

    def cat_file(hash)
      `git cat-file -p #{hash}`
    end
  end
end

db = Gkv::Database.new
db.set("Apples", "10")
puts db.get("Apples")
db.set("Apples", "5")
puts db.get("Apples")

# problem is that in IRB if I just run the exact pieces from hash_object it works...perplexed but also brain dead today


bobby@devbox:~/code/gkv$ ruby lib/gkv.rb 
# =>fatal: Not a valid object name 10

# =>fatal: Not a valid object name 5

I'm getting the same for 2.2.x, and an odd error that's probably my fault on 2.1.5.

You aren't calling hash_objet...