gitfs - building a filesystem in Python
summary
gitfs is a Python FUSE filesystem that auto-commits on write and exposes a history folder per commit while using a libgit2 wrapper and fusepy. it batches writes with a sink worker and an “all except mine” merge strategy, uses three layers of caching to shrink a 34‑minute history listing on WordPress (≈70k commits) to 3 seconds, and keeps typical repos near 60MB (WordPress ~200–300MB). the project is open source and actively used.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:02Conflict between site owners and developers
- 5:39demo
- 8:17explanation
- 19:18final remarks
- 22:11QA
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