JsonPit 3.8.6

JsonPit

Stores JsonPits, json files with a value history, across machines/servers ("eventually persistent").

Start Here

If you want to use JsonPit 3.8.6 from NuGet in another service or agent workflow, start with GettingStarted.md.

That guide now covers:

• package setup for JsonPit, RaiUtils, and OsLibCore
• current Pit and PitItem usage patterns
• the recommended long-lived in-memory server usage pattern
• querying and enumeration patterns that are actually supported
• persistence and synchronized-storage expectations
• a practical PersonPit example for OTW / AfricaStage style backend work

3.8.6

• Coordinated release: aligns JsonPit with OsLibCore 3.8.6 and RaiUtils 3.8.6 in the current publish order.
• Keeps the WWWA-based quick-start section in GettingStarted.md for cloud-path pit creation and sample JSON5 seeding.
• The supported cloud-backed provider claim is now OneDrive, GoogleDrive, and Dropbox.
• PitItem.Id is now the canonical framework identifier.
• Legacy payloads that still contain Name without Id are normalized internally by copying Name into Id, while preserving Name.
• Future use of Name as an application-defined custom field remains supported.
• Remote-sync workflows continue to align with OsLib's configurable metadata propagation delay handling, including the mkdir polymorphism package line update in OsLib.
• Live docs and release-note pointers were refreshed for the 3.8.6 release line, and this README is packaged with the NuGet release.

namespace

JsonPit

classes

<details> <summary>ItemsBase: Base container holding a key identifier for item groups.</summary>

• ItemsBase: Key </details>

<details> <summary>JsonPitBase: Common base for pits with config, flags, and persistence helpers.</summary>

• JsonPitBase: ReadOnly, Backup, RunningOnMaster, MasterUpdatesAvailable, ChangeDir, JsonFile </details>

<details> <summary>TimestampedValue: Value with an attached timestamp and round-trip string format.</summary>

• TimestampedValue: Value, Time, ToString </details>

<details> <summary>MasterFlagFile: Flag file used to track master ownership and last update time.</summary>

• MasterFlagFile: Originator, Time, Update </details>

<details> <summary>ProcessFlagFile: Flag file used to track the current process and last update time.</summary>

• ProcessFlagFile: Process, Update, CurrentProcessId </details>

<details> <summary>PitItem: JSON-backed item with metadata and change tracking.</summary>

• PitItem: Id, Modified, Deleted, Note, SetProperty, DeleteProperty </details>

<details> <summary>PitItemExtensions: Helpers for comparing items and aligning timestamps.</summary>

• PitItemExtensions: Equals, isLike, aligned </details>

<details> <summary>PitItems: History stack of PitItem versions for a single key.</summary>

• PitItems: Push, Peek, Get, Merge, Count </details>

<details> <summary>Pit: JsonPit file container with item history and persistence.</summary>

• Pit: Add, Get, GetAt, Delete, Save, MergeChanges, Keys </details>

cloud root convention

JsonPit resolves cloud-backed storage locations through OsLib, but the current approach is to read an explicit configured root from Os.Config.Cloud rather than relying on a preferred-root helper.

For Ubuntu development machines, especially when Google Drive is mounted through rclone, GNOME integration, or a team-specific mount path, prefer explicit configuration instead of probe-only discovery.

Recommended shared contract:

• Use RAIkeep.json5 to point the supported provider roots Cloud.Dropbox, Cloud.OneDrive, and Cloud.GoogleDrive at the active synchronized mounts.
• Keep that file at ~/.config/RAIkeep.json5.
• Reuse the same PascalCase keys as OsLib.

That keeps JsonPit aligned with OsLib in .NET today and with the upcoming Python OsLib, RaiUtils, and JsonPit packages later.

<details> <summary>Item: Base item with modified tracking and dirty state management.</summary>

• Item: Id, Modified, Deleted, Delete, Valid, Validate, Invalidate </details>

@see GettingStarted.md for the practical onboarding guide, or check the unit tests for lower-level API examples.

release notes

• Latest release notes: RELEASE_NOTES_3.8.6.md