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Creates three complete Rails 8 example applications demonstrating GitStore's killer use cases: versioned content management, configuration management, and compliance-ready audit trails.

Examples Added

Wiki/CMS (examples/wiki_cms/)

  • Page model with GitStore-backed versioning
  • Full CRUD with history, diff viewing, rollback
  • Markdown renderer with wiki-style [[Page Links]]

Configuration Management (examples/config_management/)

  • ConfigEntry model for YAML/JSON configs
  • Environment-specific configuration support
  • Version history and instant rollback

Audit Trail (examples/audit_trail/)

  • AuditedRecord model with SHA-256 integrity checksums
  • Point-in-time data reconstruction
  • Existence proof generation for compliance
  • AuditService for audit report generation

Usage Pattern

# All examples follow this pattern
Rails.application.config.to_prepare do
  repo_path = Rails.root.join('content_repo')
  Rails.application.config.store = GitStore.new(repo_path.to_s)
end

# Model integration
store.transaction("Updated page", author) do
  store["pages/#{slug}.yml"] = page_data
end

Security

  • XSS prevention via HTML escaping in views/helpers
  • Shell injection protection (array form for system())
  • URL validation in markdown (blocks javascript: URLs)
  • YAML deserialization safety (no arbitrary Symbol creation)
  • CSRF protection documented (requires ApplicationController integration)
Original prompt

Based on the repository information, the killer use case for GitStore is building versioned, content-driven applications where you want the full power of Git's version control applied to your application data.

Here are the standout use cases, write feature-complete examples as complete rails 8 examples:

🚀 1. Content Management Systems / Wikis

This is the primary killer use case. GitStore lets you build wiki-like applications (like the mentioned Shinmun blog engine) where:

  • Every edit creates a commit with full history
  • You get branching, merging, and rollback for free
  • Content can be edited via the app OR directly in Git
  • Easy collaboration through standard Git workflows

📝 2. Configuration Management

Store application configs as versioned YAML/JSON files:

  • Track who changed what and when
  • Roll back bad configurations instantly
  • Review config changes via pull requests

🔄 3. Data Auditing & Compliance

For applications requiring a complete audit trail:

  • Every data change is a Git commit with timestamp and author
  • Immutable history that can't be tampered with
  • Easy to reconstruct state at any point in time

💡 Key Differentiator

Unlike traditional databases, GitStore gives you:

  • In-memory speed with persistent, versioned storage
  • Transaction support with automatic rollback on errors
  • Zero infrastructure — it's just Git, which you already know and use

It's essentially "Git as a database" for Ruby applications where version history and human-readable storage matter more than query performance.


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Test User and others added 3 commits January 2, 2026 00:55
Co-authored-by: georgi <19498+georgi@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: georgi <19498+georgi@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: georgi <19498+georgi@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Add content management system functionality to GitStore Add Rails 8 examples for GitStore use cases Jan 2, 2026
Copilot AI requested a review from georgi January 2, 2026 01:05
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