Re: Git as a filesystem

From: Peter Stahlir <peter.stahlir@googlemail.com>
Date: Sep 21, 2007, 11:41 UTC
Message-ID: <fbe8b1780709210441n281248dbh5ba9934d09d6bbfc@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709211208440.28395@racer.site>

2007/9/21, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>:

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> On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Peter Stahlir wrote:
>
> > Is it possible/feasible to use git as a filesystem?
> > Like having git on top of ext3.
>
> I haven't looked at it closely, but there is a GitFS:
>
> http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/InterfacesFrontendsAndTools#head-f354b40618742b976c13700fe1fea28387ad5c89
>
> (I am pointing you to the Git Wiki, so that you can find more pointers
> should you not be happy with this one.)

Thank you. This is was I was looking for. My motivation is whether it is possible to run a system, for example Debian on a computer on top of gitfs, and then have a huge mirror on it, for example a complete 252GB Debian mirror as space efficient as possible.

I wonder how big a deltified Debian mirror in one pack file would be. :)

Peter