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Could use an example of the database file and diffs. I have vague recollections of a tool that was similarly supposed to make JSON files diffable. IIRC it proc

Could use an example of the database file and diffs. I have vague recollections of a tool that was similarly supposed to make JSON files diffable. IIRC it procedurally built up the object, so {"foo": {"bar": "baz", "quux": [1, 2, 3]}} would be: foo = {} foo.bar = "baz" foo.baz = [] foo.baz[0] = 1 ...

emmelaich 6y ago
Augtool from the Augeas project too. (As well as the mentioned gron)
- emmelaich 6y ago
  example $ augtool -r . --noautoload --transform "Json.lns incl /sirdb-example.json" <<EOF > print /files/sirdb-example.json/ > EOF /files/sirdb-example.json /files/sirdb-example.json/dict /files/sirdb-example.json/dict/entry[1] = "_owner" /files/sirdb-example.json/dict/entry[1]/string = "nouser" /files/sirdb-example.json/dict/entry[2] = "username" /files/sirdb-example.json/dict/entry[2]/string = "nouser" /files/sirdb-example.json/dict/entry[3] = "email" .... etc ...
  - chousuke 6y ago
    I find it unfortunate that augeas is so magical. Or rather, the design of its interface is very surprising What's up with requiring "--noautoload"? What does "-r ." do? and the transform invocation starts with the seemingly magical "Json.lns" (where does it come from?) and appears to refer to a file at the root of the filesystem hierarchy? I'd probably use augtool more often myself, but its UI is seriously inscrutable.
    - emmelaich 6y ago
      I agree, fwiw. I'm writing a little program to make this whole lot easier. Answers: by default, augtool loads all the lenses and scans the entire default filesystem (typically /etc); `--noautoload` prevents that. The -r is `--root`; specify the root as the current directory rather than /
PowerfulWizard 6y ago
This is called gron, I prefer it for reading JSON with a lot of nesting. https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron
- robador 6y ago
  This is amazing!
- divbzero 6y ago
  This is really cool. Gives you much of what jq does without having to remember jq syntax.
graderjs 6y ago
The example was a good idea, thanks! I added it

emmelaich 6y ago

Augtool from the Augeas project too. (As well as the mentioned gron)

emmelaich 6y ago
example $ augtool -r . --noautoload --transform "Json.lns incl /sirdb-example.json" <<EOF > print /files/sirdb-example.json/ > EOF /files/sirdb-example.json /files/sirdb-example.json/dict /files/sirdb-example.json/dict/entry[1] = "_owner" /files/sirdb-example.json/dict/entry[1]/string = "nouser" /files/sirdb-example.json/dict/entry[2] = "username" /files/sirdb-example.json/dict/entry[2]/string = "nouser" /files/sirdb-example.json/dict/entry[3] = "email" .... etc ...
- chousuke 6y ago
  I find it unfortunate that augeas is so magical. Or rather, the design of its interface is very surprising What's up with requiring "--noautoload"? What does "-r ." do? and the transform invocation starts with the seemingly magical "Json.lns" (where does it come from?) and appears to refer to a file at the root of the filesystem hierarchy? I'd probably use augtool more often myself, but its UI is seriously inscrutable.
  - emmelaich 6y ago
    I agree, fwiw. I'm writing a little program to make this whole lot easier. Answers: by default, augtool loads all the lenses and scans the entire default filesystem (typically /etc); `--noautoload` prevents that. The -r is `--root`; specify the root as the current directory rather than /

PowerfulWizard 6y ago

This is called gron, I prefer it for reading JSON with a lot of nesting. https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron https://github.com/tomnomnom/gron

robador 6y ago
This is amazing!
divbzero 6y ago
This is really cool. Gives you much of what jq does without having to remember jq syntax.

graderjs 6y ago

The example was a good idea, thanks! I added it