A project called git-commit-folders allows users to mount git commits as folders using either FUSE or NFS. Each commit is treated as a folder, providing a way to explore old commits by browsing the filesystem. The project aims to give users a better understanding of how git works under the hood. Some of the problems encountered
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goal: show how commits are like foldersbranches are symlinkswhy might this be useful?problem 1: webdav or NFS?problem 2: how to keep all the implementations in sync?problem 3: I didn’t want to list every commitproblem 4: “not a directory”problem 5: inode numbersproblem 6: stale file handlesproblem 7: branch historiesproblem 8: submodulesthat’s all!Sort: