On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 06:24:01PM +0100, sirjofri wrote:
> 23.01.2025 17:37:30 Dave Eckhardt <davide...@cs.cmu.edu>:
>
> >> Does someone know of a "patcher file server" for Plan9?
> >
> > That is an interesting idea! The closest thing I am aware
> > of (which might be useful as a starting point) is divergefs,
> > done by a student of mine, Chao-Kuo Lin, nearly 20 years ago,
>
> Just in case, isn't this quite easy to script using a ramfs and binds?
>
> I think:
>
> walk/ls, to find all files with their diff counterparts
> ramfs for temporary file storage
> bind for each individual temporary file to their original location
>
> Sure, the original diff files would still be there, but that should be enough
> for building/testing etc.
Yes, If I have to write it, I will probably start by scripting it if only
to prototype. At first, for the envisioned use case, it will not have
to serve a highly changing or serving filesystem.
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