feat(8.0)!: delete fork/branch/commit/history/versions — superseded by the Db API

The COW version-control surface (fork, branches, checkout, commit,
getHistory/streamHistory, asOfCommit, brain.versions) is gone, along with
its subsystems: src/versioning/, the COW object store (CommitLog,
CommitObject, RefManager, TreeObject), HistoricalStorageAdapter, and the
TypeAwareHNSWIndex path it kept alive. The Db API (now/transact/asOf/
with/persist/restore) is the one versioning model in 8.0.

Survivors and replacements:
- BlobStorage survives (the VFS stores file content through it), relocated
  to src/storage/blobStorage.ts with binaryDataCodec.ts; its adapter
  interface is now BlobStoreAdapter, slimmed to the consumed surface
  (write/read/has/delete/getMetadata + MIME-aware compression policy).
- brain.migrate() backup branches are replaced by persist-before-migrate:
  MigrateOptions.backupTo persists a hard-link snapshot of the current
  generation before any transform runs; MigrationResult.backupPath reports
  it, and brain.restore(path) brings it back wholesale.
- CLI: cow.ts (fork/branch/checkout/history/migrate) is replaced by
  snapshot.ts — snapshot <path>, restore <path>, history (tx-log),
  generation.
- New public read API: brain.transactionLog({limit}) exposes the reified
  tx-log (generation/timestamp/meta, newest first) that backs the CLI
  history command; TxLogEntry is exported.

Tests: superseded suites deleted; fork/commit blocks excised from shared
suites; BlobStorage tests relocated + reworked against the slimmed store;
migration tests now prove the backupTo snapshot/restore round trip; new
transactionLog coverage in db-mvcc.

tests/unit/storage/blobStorage.compression-policy.test.ts

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+/**
+ * @module BlobStorage.compression-policy.test
+ * @description 2.5.0 #32 — content-type-aware compression policy.
+ *
+ * BlobStorage consults `BlobWriteOptions.mimeType` in `auto` mode
+ * and skips zstd for MIME types known to be already heavily compressed (JPEG,
+ * PNG, MP4, MP3, ZIP, PDF, etc.). zstd over those formats is reliably a CPU
+ * loss for no measurable byte savings.
+ *
+ * Coverage:
+ * 1. The MIME-type denylist helper recognises common already-compressed
+ *    formats (case-insensitive, parameters stripped).
+ * 2. Auto-mode write with `mimeType: 'image/jpeg'` does NOT compress, even
+ *    when the payload is highly compressible (a buffer of repeating bytes).
+ * 3. Auto-mode write with `mimeType: 'text/plain'` DOES compress (default
+ *    behaviour is preserved for non-listed types).
+ * 4. Auto-mode write with no `mimeType` falls back to the existing per-type
+ *    heuristic (default: compress) so the change is non-breaking for
+ *    callers that don't pass the new option.
+ * 5. Explicit `compression: 'zstd'` is honoured even for JPEG — the caller
+ *    asserts the choice; the policy only applies to `auto`.
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  BlobStorage,
+  BlobStoreAdapter,
+  isAlreadyCompressedMimeType
+} from '../../../src/storage/blobStorage.js'
+
+class InMemoryBlobAdapter implements BlobStoreAdapter {
+  private store = new Map<string, Buffer>()
+  async get(key: string): Promise<Buffer | undefined> { return this.store.get(key) }
+  async put(key: string, data: Buffer): Promise<void> { this.store.set(key, data) }
+  async delete(key: string): Promise<void> { this.store.delete(key) }
+  async list(prefix: string): Promise<string[]> {
+    const keys: string[] = []
+    for (const key of this.store.keys()) {
+      if (key.startsWith(prefix)) keys.push(key)
+    }
+    return keys.sort()
+  }
+  /** Test helper: peek at the stored bytes for a key. */
+  rawGet(key: string): Buffer | undefined { return this.store.get(key) }
+}
+
+describe('BlobStorage compression policy (2.5.0 #32)', () => {
+  let adapter: InMemoryBlobAdapter
+  let blob: BlobStorage
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    adapter = new InMemoryBlobAdapter()
+    blob = new BlobStorage(adapter)
+  })
+
+  describe('isAlreadyCompressedMimeType helper', () => {
+    it('recognises the canonical already-compressed types', () => {
+      for (const t of [
+        'image/jpeg', 'image/png', 'image/webp', 'image/gif',
+        'video/mp4', 'video/webm',
+        'audio/mpeg', 'audio/aac',
+        'application/zip', 'application/gzip', 'application/pdf'
+      ]) {
+        expect(isAlreadyCompressedMimeType(t)).toBe(true)
+      }
+    })
+
+    it('strips parameters and is case-insensitive', () => {
+      expect(isAlreadyCompressedMimeType('IMAGE/JPEG')).toBe(true)
+      expect(isAlreadyCompressedMimeType('image/jpeg; charset=binary')).toBe(true)
+      expect(isAlreadyCompressedMimeType('  Image/PNG  ;param=x')).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('returns false for compressible types and missing input', () => {
+      expect(isAlreadyCompressedMimeType('text/plain')).toBe(false)
+      expect(isAlreadyCompressedMimeType('application/json')).toBe(false)
+      expect(isAlreadyCompressedMimeType('text/html')).toBe(false)
+      expect(isAlreadyCompressedMimeType(undefined)).toBe(false)
+      expect(isAlreadyCompressedMimeType('')).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('write() auto-mode honours the MIME-type policy', () => {
+    // Highly compressible payload (4KB of one byte) so that *if* zstd is
+    // available the policy decision shows up in the persisted size. The
+    // policy-decision assertions below check `metadata.compression` directly
+    // — that is the source of truth and works regardless of whether the
+    // optional `@mongodb-js/zstd` module is installed in the test env.
+    const HIGHLY_COMPRESSIBLE = Buffer.alloc(4096, 0x41) // 4 KB of 'A'
+
+    it('skips compression for image/jpeg in auto mode (metadata records "none")', async () => {
+      const hash = await blob.write(HIGHLY_COMPRESSIBLE, {
+        compression: 'auto', mimeType: 'image/jpeg'
+      })
+      const meta = await blob.getMetadata(hash)
+      expect(meta?.compression).toBe('none')
+      // And the persisted bytes equal the input exactly (no codec wrap).
+      const stored = adapter.rawGet(`blob:${hash}`)
+      expect(stored!.length).toBe(HIGHLY_COMPRESSIBLE.length)
+    })
+
+    it('skips compression for video/mp4 in auto mode', async () => {
+      const hash = await blob.write(HIGHLY_COMPRESSIBLE, {
+        compression: 'auto', mimeType: 'video/mp4'
+      })
+      const meta = await blob.getMetadata(hash)
+      expect(meta?.compression).toBe('none')
+    })
+
+    it('skips compression for application/zip in auto mode', async () => {
+      const hash = await blob.write(HIGHLY_COMPRESSIBLE, {
+        compression: 'auto', mimeType: 'application/zip'
+      })
+      const meta = await blob.getMetadata(hash)
+      expect(meta?.compression).toBe('none')
+    })
+
+    it('does NOT proactively skip text/plain in auto mode (policy lets it through to zstd)', async () => {
+      // When zstd is installed, metadata.compression === 'zstd' (proof the
+      // policy is gated by mimeType, not blocking everything). When zstd is
+      // NOT installed (the optional `@mongodb-js/zstd` dep), it gracefully
+      // falls back to 'none' — same outcome as a no-zstd install would see
+      // in production. Either way, the policy didn't block on text/plain.
+      const hash = await blob.write(HIGHLY_COMPRESSIBLE, {
+        compression: 'auto', mimeType: 'text/plain'
+      })
+      const meta = await blob.getMetadata(hash)
+      expect(meta?.compression === 'zstd' || meta?.compression === 'none').toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('decompresses transparently on read regardless of compression decision', async () => {
+      const jpegHash = await blob.write(HIGHLY_COMPRESSIBLE, {
+        compression: 'auto', mimeType: 'image/jpeg'
+      })
+      const textHash = await blob.write(HIGHLY_COMPRESSIBLE, {
+        compression: 'auto', mimeType: 'text/plain'
+      })
+      // Different mime-type policies, same bytes back on read.
+      expect((await blob.read(jpegHash)).equals(HIGHLY_COMPRESSIBLE)).toBe(true)
+      expect((await blob.read(textHash)).equals(HIGHLY_COMPRESSIBLE)).toBe(true)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('explicit compression options bypass the policy', () => {
+    it('compression: "none" is honoured for text/plain (policy can\'t force compression on)', async () => {
+      const data = Buffer.alloc(4096, 0x43)
+      const hash = await blob.write(data, {
+        compression: 'none', mimeType: 'text/plain'
+      })
+      const meta = await blob.getMetadata(hash)
+      expect(meta?.compression).toBe('none')
+      const stored = adapter.rawGet(`blob:${hash}`)
+      expect(stored!.length).toBe(data.length)
+    })
+
+    it('compression: "zstd" is recorded as the intent for image/jpeg (policy applies only to auto)', async () => {
+      const data = Buffer.alloc(4096, 0x42)
+      const hash = await blob.write(data, {
+        compression: 'zstd', mimeType: 'image/jpeg'
+      })
+      const meta = await blob.getMetadata(hash)
+      // Explicit zstd → the policy DOESN'T short-circuit; the metadata
+      // records 'zstd' if it actually ran, else 'none' if the optional dep
+      // wasn't installed (matches BlobStorage's "store actual, not intent"
+      // contract). Either way, no auto-mode skip happened.
+      expect(meta?.compression === 'zstd' || meta?.compression === 'none').toBe(true)
+    })
+  })
+})