Re: Ideas for object-based git-like storage on Linux

2011-02-12 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Roger Leigh writes: > On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 10:23:00PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: >> Roger Leigh wrote: >> > There are lots of Debian people out there using git, and some of them >> > have expressed interest over the years in having the ability to use >> > git as a filesystem in its own right (#47

Re: Ideas for object-based git-like storage on Linux

2011-02-08 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 10:23:00PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Roger Leigh wrote: > > There are lots of Debian people out there using git, and some of them > > have expressed interest over the years in having the ability to use > > git as a filesystem in its own right (#477942 is an example of one >

Re: Ideas for object-based git-like storage on Linux

2011-02-08 Thread Jens Peter Secher
On 2011-2-8 0:51 , Roger Leigh wrote: On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 11:53:46PM +0100, Jens Peter Secher wrote: Interesting! It seems that it would also be beneficial to log-structured file systems [1]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log-structured_file_system Cheers, /JP -- Jens Peter Secher, G

Re: Ideas for object-based git-like storage on Linux

2011-02-07 Thread Roger Leigh
On Mon, Feb 07, 2011 at 11:53:46PM +0100, Jens Peter Secher wrote: > On 2011-02-07 00:40, Roger Leigh wrote: > > http://www.codelibre.net/~rleigh/hashlink.pdf > > Interesting! It seems that it would also be beneficial to > log-structured file systems [1]. > > I spotted a couple of typos: > >

Re: Ideas for object-based git-like storage on Linux

2011-02-07 Thread Jens Peter Secher
On 2011-02-07 00:40, Roger Leigh wrote: > http://www.codelibre.net/~rleigh/hashlink.pdf Interesting! It seems that it would also be beneficial to log-structured file systems [1]. I spotted a couple of typos: Page 4: "Files may be therefore be replaced" => "Files may therefore be replaced" Pa

Re: Ideas for object-based git-like storage on Linux

2011-02-06 Thread Joey Hess
Roger Leigh wrote: > There are lots of Debian people out there using git, and some of them > have expressed interest over the years in having the ability to use > git as a filesystem in its own right (#477942 is an example of one > in a package I maintain). > > I've finally got down to it and writ

Re: Ideas for object-based git-like storage on Linux

2011-02-06 Thread Philip Ashmore
On 06/02/11 23:40, Roger Leigh wrote: Hi folks, There are lots of Debian people out there using git, and some of them have expressed interest over the years in having the ability to use git as a filesystem in its own right (#477942 is an example of one in a package I maintain). I've finally got

Ideas for object-based git-like storage on Linux

2011-02-06 Thread Roger Leigh
Hi folks, There are lots of Debian people out there using git, and some of them have expressed interest over the years in having the ability to use git as a filesystem in its own right (#477942 is an example of one in a package I maintain). I've finally got down to it and written all my thoughts