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Re:Microsoft and GitHub team up to take Git virtual file sys... by j_s on Friday November 17, 2017 @02:08PM (#15725017)
If you missed the discussion with details about how the technology actually works, rather than xplat: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13559662 linked Q&A https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/5rtlk0/git_vir...

An open-source cross-platform virtual file system API that was also fast (as opposed to FUSE) would be amazing.

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Re:Microsoft and GitHub team up to take Git virtual file sys... by jonstewart on Friday November 17, 2017 @07:48PM (#15727148)
It would indeed, although FUSE has the virtue of simplicity, and it would be nice not to sacrifice that.
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