If adding a SQL interface makes a system easier to access, that says a lot about...

jarym · on Aug 16, 2020

Actually I think it says a lot about how expressive SQL is.

I get why a lot of developers take swipes at SQL - it is a bit different to other languages. But you cannot beat it for what it does.

Another ‘great’ language is XSLT - so far I’ve seen nothing else that comes close for transforming data. It’s just a shame it’s so closely tied to XML which has understandably fallen out of favour

rco8786 · on Aug 16, 2020

I’m not sure there’s much truth to your statement. There’s nothing inherently complex about git’s internal data structure nor does putting a SQL interface on something indicate a level of complexity.

teget · on Aug 16, 2020

As arankine noted there is the platform independent osquery. There is also SQL for WMI [1], which predates osquery, I believe.

[1]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wmisdk/queryi...

arankine · on Aug 16, 2020

There is OSQuery (https://osquery.io/)!

cocktailpeanuts · on Aug 16, 2020

Most people only need to know git commit, git push, git pull, and just a handful of commands.

It is by design that something like this is not included into the original interface. It would be. terrible design.