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From: "Peter Stahlir" <peter.stahlir@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: Git as a filesystem
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:41:07 +0200
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2007/9/21, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>:
> 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