Durable is a very small (< 100 LOC) ruby gem that can make changes to objects and variables persistent. Usage is super easy and only few changes to your code are needed. Important: All data is only stored locally on disk.

gem install durable

require "durable"

x = Durable.new(:x => 1)
x.val += 1
p x.val

Result at first run 2

Result at second run 3

Result at third run 4

In order to use Durable just substitute your normal variable definition by following construct:

x = Durable.new(:x => 1)

or

hash = Durable.new(:hash => {"a"=>1, "b"=>2})

You can access the value by calling .val

x.val #gives 1

hash.val["b"] #gives 2

Just use it as a normal variable

x.val += 1

Commiting is automatically done (via exit hook) or can be explicitly forced via Durable.commit for all objects or via x.commit for a single object

Turn off autocommit (by default turned on)

Durable.config({:autocommit => false})

Configure home directory for Durable to store the internal files

Durable.config({:home => ".store"})

require 'durable'

Durable.config({:autocommit => true});

class Test
  attr_accessor :count
  def initialize
    @count = 1
  end
end


x = Durable.new(:x => Test.new)

x.val.count += 1

p x.val.count

Durable.commit #save changes

Result at first run 2

Result at second run 3

Result at third run 4

rm -r .DURABLE_HOME should do it

MIT License