From 8c37aa2d976d439c0615c57af7db835aa182cb07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nuno Cruces <ncruces@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 16:31:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove inprocess primary.

---
 litestream/README.md   | 26 +++-----------------------
 litestream/api.go      | 26 +-------------------------
 litestream/vfs_test.go | 20 ++++++++++----------
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)

diff --git a/litestream/README.md b/litestream/README.md
index b8c7516..4c68253 100644
--- a/litestream/README.md
+++ b/litestream/README.md
@@ -1,26 +1,6 @@
-# Litestream in-process replication and lightweight read-replicas
+# Litestream lightweight read-replicas
 
-This package adds **EXPERIMENTAL** support for in-process [Litestream](https://litestream.io/).
-
-## Lightweight read-replicas
-
-The `"litestream"` SQLite VFS implements Litestream
-[lightweight read-replicas](https://fly.io/blog/litestream-revamped/#lightweight-read-replicas).
+This package implements the **EXPERIMENTAL** `"litestream"` SQLite VFS
+that offers Litestream [lightweight read-replicas](https://fly.io/blog/litestream-revamped/#lightweight-read-replicas).
 
 See the [example](example_test.go) for how to use.
-
-To improve performance, increase `PollInterval` as much as you can,
-and set [`PRAGMA cache_size=N`](https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_cache_size)
-(or use `_pragma=cache_size(N)`).
-
-## In-process replication
-
-For disaster recovery, it is probably best if you run Litestream as a separate background process,
-as recommended by the [tutorial](https://litestream.io/getting-started/).
-
-However, running Litestream as a background process requires
-compatible locking and cross-process shared memory WAL
-(see our [support matrix](https://github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3/wiki/Support-matrix)).
-
-If your OS lacks locking or shared memory support,
-you can use `NewPrimary` with the `sqlite3_dotlk` build tag to setup in-process replication.
diff --git a/litestream/api.go b/litestream/api.go
index ff54fe3..1608c91 100644
--- a/litestream/api.go
+++ b/litestream/api.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 package litestream
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"log/slog"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -75,27 +74,4 @@ func RemoveReplica(name string) {
 	delete(liteDBs, name)
 }
 
-// NewPrimary creates a new primary that replicates through client.
-// If restore is not nil, the database is first restored.
-func NewPrimary(ctx context.Context, path string, client ReplicaClient, restore *RestoreOptions) (*litestream.DB, error) {
-	lsdb := litestream.NewDB(path)
-	lsdb.Replica = litestream.NewReplicaWithClient(lsdb, client)
-
-	if restore != nil {
-		err := lsdb.Replica.Restore(ctx, *restore)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	err := lsdb.Open()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return lsdb, nil
-}
-
-type (
-	ReplicaClient  = litestream.ReplicaClient
-	RestoreOptions = litestream.RestoreOptions
-)
+type ReplicaClient = litestream.ReplicaClient
diff --git a/litestream/vfs_test.go b/litestream/vfs_test.go
index 7102bf8..dd2dd77 100644
--- a/litestream/vfs_test.go
+++ b/litestream/vfs_test.go
@@ -23,12 +23,9 @@ func Test_integration(t *testing.T) {
 	defer db.Close()
 
 	client := file.NewReplicaClient(backup)
+	setupReplication(t, dbpath, client)
+
 	NewReplica("test.db", client, ReplicaOptions{})
-
-	if err := setupPrimary(t, dbpath, client); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
 	replica, err := driver.Open("file:test.db?vfs=litestream")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -114,10 +111,13 @@ func Test_integration(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func setupPrimary(tb testing.TB, path string, client ReplicaClient) error {
-	db, err := NewPrimary(tb.Context(), path, client, nil)
-	if err == nil {
-		tb.Cleanup(func() { db.Close(tb.Context()) })
+func setupReplication(tb testing.TB, path string, client ReplicaClient) {
+	lsdb := litestream.NewDB(path)
+	lsdb.Replica = litestream.NewReplicaWithClient(lsdb, client)
+
+	err := lsdb.Open()
+	if err != nil {
+		tb.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	return err
+	tb.Cleanup(func() { lsdb.Close(tb.Context()) })
 }