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gitfs		mvfs
	Project
7	Mentions	1
2,439	Stars	9
0.0%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
over 2 years ago	Latest Commit	almost 11 years ago
Python	Language	C
Apache License 2.0	License	-

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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

gitfs

Posts with mentions or reviews of gitfs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-28.

GitMounter: A FUSE filesystem for Git repositories
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Nov 2023
Things I just don't like about Git
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Oct 2023

It's not impossible - https://github.com/g2p/git-fs did this a long while back and https://github.com/presslabs/gitfs did something similar too.
Cache AnyThing filesystem written in Rust
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Sep 2023
Gitfs: Version Controlled File System
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Jul 2022

7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Aug 2021

https://github.com/presslabs/gitfs/blob/cf92acc1fdb0bf93d599...
So it'll be tracked as a rename (renames in git are tracked heuristically anyway, as long as they're part of the same commit).
Ask HN: Dev-Oriented Dropbox Alternative?
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Mar 2022

How about GitFs mount a git repository as a directory..
Your apps don't need to know they are commiting changes to git.
https://github.com/presslabs/gitfs

mvfs

Posts with mentions or reviews of mvfs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-22.

Gitfs: Version Controlled File System
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Aug 2021

Since mvfs is a Linux kernel driver, it is open source. Here is a git mirror of it: https://github.com/msteinert/mvfs
I'm not sure how easy it is to use with anything that isn't the rest of the clearcase suite

What are some alternatives?

When comparing gitfs and mvfs you can also consider the following projects:

git - A fork of Git containing Microsoft-specific patches.

VFSForGit - Virtual File System for Git: Enable Git at Enterprise Scale

git-fs - fuse + libgit2

iCloudDriveFuse - FUSE driver for iCloud Drive

trackfs - A FUSE filesystem that splits FLAC+CUE files into individual tracks

ninfs - FUSE filesystem Python scripts for Nintendo console files

enkit - Toolkit for lean builds and team management.

pre-commit - A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks.

jj - A Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful

git-annex-turtle - git-annex-turtle provides Apple Finder integration for git-annex on macOS, including custom badge icons, contextual menus and a Menubar icon. It is free, open-source and licensed under The MIT License.