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# Ghee Design Principles
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1. Folders are tables
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2. Files are records
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3. Relative paths are primary keys
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4. Extended attributes are non-primary-key columns
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5. Enforce schema only when present
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6. The file contents and xattrs without the `user.ghee` prefix are user-controlled; only directory structure, filenames,
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and extended attributes in `user.ghee` are used by Ghee
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7. Use of filesystem features should be preferred over implementing features directly in Ghee,
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e.g. locking, Btrfs subvolumes, snapshots, incremental backup
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