Re: [9fans] GSOC: Gitfs

["J.R. Mauro" <jrm8005@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Mukhitdinov Manzur
<manzur1986@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
>     I'm a cs student from Saint-Petersburg,Russia(sea-gull on #plan9-soc).
> I'm interested in your project of implementing Git file system
> for Plan9.
>     Implementing Gitfs when we have Hgfs[1] and hgc may seem odd to
> somebody,
> especially when Git doesn't have apparent advantages over mercury.
> But there are some benefits to community: as I'm new to Plan9/Inferno
> the more difficult task I get, the more and deeper I'll learn Plan9. And
> that means,
> the better and longer I can help to the community
> But I'll benefit no less than you: I'll learn miraculous Plan9,
> get friends and spend my time to something useful

If I remember correctly, someone made a FUSE filesystem that worked
with a git checkout. Its implementation may perhaps be helpful in
writing a 9P filesystem.

>
> I've some other ideas:
> - Something like Boost library for Limbo
> - Dis decompiler
>
> Comments are appreciated!
>
> Thanks, Manzur
>
> References:
>     1. http://www.ueber.net/hg/hgfs/files/last/README
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