grepai-storage-gob

This skill covers using GOB (Go Binary) as the storage backend for GrepAI, the default and simplest option. GOB is Go's native binary serialization format. GrepAI uses it to store: Everything is stored in a single local file. GOB is the default backend. Minimal config: GOB storage creates files in your project's .grepai/ directory: Approximate .grepai/index.gob sizes: GOB loads the entire index into RAM for searches: GOB provides fast searches for typical codebases: Consider PostgreSQL or Qdrant when: Add .grepai/ to your .gitignore : Why: The index is machine-specific because: While you can copy the index file, it's not recommended because: Better approach: Each developer runs their own grepai watch . ❌ Problem: Index file too large ✅ Solution: Add more ignore patterns or migrate to PostgreSQL/Qdrant ❌ Problem: Slow searches on large codebase ✅ Solution: Migrate to Qdrant for better performance ❌ Problem: Corrupted index ✅ Solution: Delete and re-index: ❌ Problem: "Index not found" error ✅ Solution: Run grepai watch to create the index GOB storage status: - Single developer projects - Small to medium codebases - Simple setup without external dependencies - Local development environments - Vector embeddings - File metadata - Chunk information - Index exceeds 1 GB - Need concurrent access - Want to share index across team - Codebase has 50K+ files - Contains binary embeddings -...