Clojure API

Geschichte deliberately exposes small namespaces rather than one generated API.

Namespace	Responsibility
geschichte.repo	repository lifecycle, worktree/index, commits, refs, merge and history
geschichte.fs	directory-aware byte filesystem over the current worktree
geschichte.workspace	structurally shared Datahike workspaces and publication
geschichte.query	portable read views over Datahike database values
geschichte.git.local	native .git discovery and object/ref import
geschichte.git.http	injectable smart-HTTP clone/fetch/push/pull
geschichte.git.transport	JVM HTTP/SSH transport selection

Filesystem API

(require '[geschichte.fs :as fs])

(fs/mkdir! conn "/src")
(fs/write! conn "/src/demo.clj" (.getBytes "(ns demo)\n" "UTF-8"))
(fs/stat conn "/src/demo.clj")
(fs/list-dir conn "/src")
(fs/rename! conn "/src/demo.clj" "/src/core.clj")
(fs/delete! conn "/src/core.clj")

Directory entities are worktree state. Git/Geschichte commits contain files; empty directories are not committed.

Datalog

The query namespace returns stable maps for common UI/application needs, while ordinary Datahike queries can combine repository facts with application data:

(require '[datahike.api :as d]
         '[geschichte.query :as gq])

(gq/repository @conn)
(gq/refs @conn)
(gq/commits @conn)
(gq/worktree @conn)

(d/q '[:find ?path ?size
       :where
       [?entry :geschichte.work/path ?path]
       [?entry :geschichte.work/size ?size]]
     @conn)

Payload bytes are intentionally store refs, not indexed inline values. Query metadata first and load bytes through repo/read, repo/read-entry, or Konserve blob access only when required.

Atomic publication with application receipts

prepare-commit captures one immutable repository DB after staging. It returns a short-lived plan for an ordinary commit or a validated no-op; it does not transact. Amend and pending merges are refused.

Call prepared-commit-tx inside a Datahike transaction function and append application receipt data to its returned vector. Commit, logical ref, and receipt then publish together. For idempotent recovery, look up the operation receipt first: a duplicate must return the winning receipt without revalidating an old plan. Authorization still belongs to the host application.

The plan binds its store identity and physical workspace branch, not only the logical Git ref: a freshly forked workspace can share the same checkpoint. The first API deliberately requires the exact physical Datahike checkpoint to remain current. Any intervening transaction invalidates the plan, including unrelated metadata changes. Finish schema, file writes, staging, and application metadata before preparing. Existing unstaged files are preserved. A no-op returns no commit/ref datoms, but still validates the same basis and can carry a receipt. Plans are not durable queued work or history-retention pins; do not persist one and assume its historical content survives future garbage collection.

Async portability

JVM calls return direct values. Effectful CLJS calls return partial-CPS awaitable values where Datahike/Konserve are asynchronous; pure query, diff, merge-planning, Git object, and protocol operations remain synchronous.