vGraph is a:

Graph

Property Graph

Versioned

Distributable

Cloned Repositories

Boundary Nodes

Implementation Agnostic

Node

Node ID

Node Label

Node Properties

Edge

Edge ID

Edge Label

Edge Properties

Update Properties

Delete Edge

Delete Node

Commit

• Applies all outstanding changes to vGraph
• Returns a Commit containing all of the changes
• A Commit can be reversed by calling Undo
• The Commit can be shared across repositories

Info

• Returns:
  • The repository identifier
  • The underlying vGraph version
  • The last commit id
  • Wether or not the graph is "clean"

Log

• Returns a list of Commit Entries
• Used for seeing the history of this vGraph instance
• Contains things like the commit authors name, email, and a message about the commit

Undo

• Reverses one or more Commits
• It undoes until the provided Commit ID is the last commit
• Returns a list of the Commit IDs it undid

Reset

• Undoes any uncommitted changes
• Created elements are removed
• Changed elements are reverted
• Deleted elements are restored

Patch

• Applies a Commit to the Graph
• Can be used with merge to apply commits from other instances of vGraph

Merge

• Reformats a Commit to work with this instance of vGraph
• Fixes things so undo will work properly after this Commit is applied via patch
• May conflict in a few very specific cases

Merge Conflict

left half vGraph, right half Commit

Clone

• Returns a series of Commits 
• Can be used to clone a subset of the graph
• History is preserved

Copy

• Returns 1 Commit containing a copy of vGraph
• Can be used to copy a subset of the graph
• History is not preserved