Instead of returning histories from `radicle-cob`, we return an
evaluated object which we build during initial graph traversal.
We do this so that branches can be correctly pruned when operations are
invalid at the application level. This way, new operations are not
building on top of invalid ones contained in the history.
To achieve this, we introduce a new `Evaluate` trait that is implemented
by all COBs, and we make change graph evaluation fallible.
Doing this means that we get `apply` errors returned for free when an
invalid transaction is applied, and no longer need to check for action
validity in multiple places.
We also implement a new `Dag::prune` method to avoid having to copy
graph nodes during traversal.
This change allows for files (blobs) to be embedded into COB entries.
This allows for things like image attachments in issue comments for example.
For now, we only enable this in the `issue` COB.
The way it works is that relevant COB actions carry metadata about which
files are attached to them; and we store those files as blobs inside the
COB entry's *tree* object, under an `embeds/` folder.
The `Embed<T>` type is used for the above, and either carries actual
content, or carries a content-id. Retrieving the actual content is as
simple as asking the repository for a blob with that content-id.
As a possible future extension, MIME types could be stored alongside the
files in a "metadata" file. This could help clients display the content
appropriately.
> I'm going to be making a set of breaking changes to COBs in order to
stabilize the data formats. This is hopefully a one-time change that
bundles various breaking changes.
All COBs have been reworked: issue, patch, id.
The changes included are:
* Revise the assign and tag actions to take a single list of
assignees/tags to set, instead of an "add" and a "remove" list. This
makes API usage simpler when editing issues, and simplifies the apply
function
* Rename "tags" to "labels", and the tag action to label. This is
because tag is confusing in the context of git, as it could mean a git
tag. Using label removes that confusion.
* Use DIDs instead of PublicKeys for assignees -- this is more
future-proof
* Modify the manifest file format in the COB tree. Mainly, remove the
`history_type` key which is redundant, and use camelCase for keys
* Flatten the `Thread` actions into the parent action type
* Ensure that operations on redacted objects do not fail, since
redactions could have happened concurrently
* Use a consistent naming scheme for actions, using `.` as separator
* Consolidate comment types and remove `CodeComment`, by adding an
optional `location` field to `Comment`
* Add many placeholder actions that are not yet implemented
To preserve backwards compatibility, a `legacy` module is created with
the old `apply` function. When loading the manifest, we check whether it
is a legacy COB or a "stable" COB, and in the legacy case, use the
legacy code to materialize the state and then convert the object into
the stable type. Eventually, we'll delete the legacy code.
It turns out that the CRDT formed by the union of Git DAGs
is enough to guarantee everything we need for COBs.
This changes the following things:
* COB operations no longer need to be commutative
* COB histories are traversed in the same deterministic order on all
replicas
* It's now possible to implement RSMs on top of COBs, eg. scripting
* Lamport clocks have been removed
* `radicle-crdt` is no longer a dependency of `radicle`
* COBs are no longer instances of `Semilattice`
* The `Ops` type was removed in favor of having `Op` contain multiple
actions
The additional flexibility in choosing a backend for the COB store will
allow things like "draft" COBs that are stored in a different location,
without changing much of the logic.
Though these are perhaps not the final error types, we name them the same
across COBs and have them work the same way.
All COB modules now have a `Error` enum.
In a future change, we may want the `FromHistory` trait to support
multiple error types, eg. one for `apply` and one for `validate`.
This adds a simple `validate` function to COBs that is run on load. It
allows COBs to check whether they are valid, once all operations are
loaded, and return an error if not.
This change updates to the latest radicle-git-ext, which required a
few changes within the radicle family of crates.
One set of changes is that the radicle-git-ext crate subsumes
git-commit, git-trailers, and git-ref-format -- so all those imports
go through radicle-git-ext.
The commit code requires that parent `Oid`s point to commits, which
made some tests fail. One of the reasons for these failures is that
the patch tests used fabricated `Oid`s and so the verification would
fail. This is fixed by allowing the test context code to create
`PatchRequest`s that create valid commits.
The other reason for failure was that the identity `Action` passed an
`Oid` that pointed to a blob. This is fixed by removing that code and
making a note of it in documentation.
The final major change was moving the Refspec type into git-ref-format
and removing the AsRefspecs trait. The trait was not required and
could its usage could be replaced by simpler code.
Signed-off-by: Fintan Halpenny <fintan.halpenny@gmail.com>
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This allows change commits to have more than one parent that isn't
part of the DAG.
We can use this to create dependencies towards git objects such as
commits, in the case of patch actions.
When a merge is applied to a patch, we check whether the threshold
of delegates has been reached, at which point we set the patch status
to `merged`.
This requires threading the identity document oid through the "apply"
process.
Using LWWReg::from will always set the clock value to the default,
which can end up being used wrong.
Instead, introduce a constructor method `initial` to indicate that it
should be used on initial construction, while `new` should be used for
newer values of the register.
Signed-off-by: Fintan Halpenny <fintan.halpenny@gmail.com>
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By introducing a small limitation: only allowing entries in the change
graph to be addressable, instead of individual operations; we
drastically simplify the CRDT implementation.
There are four advantages:
1. Op ids are just regular SHA-1s
2. There's no need for relative IDs, ops never refer to other ops within the
same commit
3. There's no need for a nonce, since commits can't collide, and neither can op IDs
4. `OpId` can just be an alias of `EntryId`
The disadvantage of course, is that we have to be mindful of how we
create op transactions, since each transaction creates an addressable
unit. For example, we must not include multiple patch revisions in the
same transaction.
It's fairly easy for a user to (by mistake or intentionally) create two
operations with the same OpId. This patch makes it much less likely,
and ensures that if the OpId is equal, it's because the operations
are identical.
Instead of showing just public keys we need to show the fully qualified
spec for a NID which is prefixed by `did🔑` While we want to maintain
`Author` and `ActorId` for internal use.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Martinez <me@sebastinez.dev>
In order to make identity changes where the threshold is higher than
1, it is necessary to gather signatures of delegates to surpass that
threshold.
To achieve this the Proposal cob is introduced for proposing changes
and gathering the signatures over those changes.
Once a quorum is reached the Proposal can be published, committing the
new identity document to storage.
Signed-off-by: Fintan Halpenny <fintan.halpenny@gmail.com>
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