adding decompress

common/database/db-ops.go

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func (db *DB) UpdateFileData(filePath, basePath string, hash []byte) error {
 		db.Err(err).Msg("Error updating the file base")
 		return err
 	} else {
-		err := db.Update(&File{ID: file.ID, CurrentBase: basePath, Hash: hash})
+		err := db.Update(&File{ID: file.ID, BaseFilePath: basePath, Hash: hash})
 		return err
 	}
 }
@@ -198,6 +198,18 @@ func (db *DB) FetchLastCommitOnBranch(branch string) (commitResult Commit, err e
 	err = query.OrderBy("Number").Reverse().First(&commit) // Getting the last entry by number
 	if err != nil {
 		db.Err(err).Msgf("Failed to find last commit on branch: %s", branch)
+		return commit, err
 	}
 	return commit, nil
 }
+
+// NewCommit writes a new commit to the specified branch into the database
+func (db *DB) NewCommit(newCommit Commit, branch string) error {
+	db.Info().Msgf("Writing new commit: %s on branch: %s", newCommit.Number, branch)
+	err := db.Save(&newCommit)
+	if err != nil {
+		db.Err(err).Msg("failure to write commit to database")
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}