Hubfs
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SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
8 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 9 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Idea: 7 for, 6 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for searching across many repos and branches via a VFS
From 1 comment
That works well for small repos or a few repos but if you want to find all cc files, at all release branch's, in your entire company and check for some exploit it is helpful to…
gravypod on HN
Handy for opening random files from GitHub without cloning
From 1 comment
This is cool. I often want to open random files from random GitHub repos in a proper text editor but can't be bothered to pull the whole repository just for that.
emptyparadise on HN
Objections
Cloning the repository is simpler and works fine
From 2 comments
Or you could, you know, clone the repository into a local working tree.
pwdisswordfish9 on HNJust………clone the repo?
rubyist5eva on HN
Higher latency and poor bandwidth use compared with local clones
From 1 comment
- Higher latency - Less efficient use of bandwidth, as the git protocol is optimised for bulk transfers - Not resilient against unreliable connectivity - No support for…
pwdisswordfish9 on HN
Unclear what problem it solves
From 2 comments
I do not understand what problem solves
adibalcan on HNSo this is allowing remote git repositories to be treated as a regular filesystem. I really cannot think for good use-cases for this. Maybe to use existing file-based indexing…
gillesjacobs on HN
Security filtering may not work since forks share objects
From 1 comment
I don't think the filtering they mention for security actually works? Anybody who clones a repo on GitHub can make their own commits appear under the original org url when…
tedunangst on HN
Requests
Support for GitHub gists
From 2 comments
Very cool! I love using GitHub repos and gists for managing my personal notes/code snippets, and currently use GistPad as an editor-level virtual file system (for VS Code). But…
lostintangent on HNYeah good point! Though I was also thinking about the ability to easily create/edit/delete gists, by means of file system operations. For example, it would be pretty cool if you…
lostintangent on HN
Snapshot support
From 1 comment
Does it support snapshots?
amelius on HN
Questions
Does it support snapshots?
From 1 comment
Does it support snapshots?
amelius on HN
Alternatives named
Cloning the repository locally
From 1 comment
Or you could, you know, clone the repository into a local working tree.
pwdisswordfish9 on HN
GitHub code search
From 1 comment
GitHub also has a code search now: https://cs.github.com
bspammer on HN
git-remote-dropbox
From 1 comment
Isn't there already a good way to push computation closer to the data? GmailFS and pyfilesystem (userspace FUSE) and rclone are neat as well.…
westurner on HN
VS Code in browser via the . shortcut on GitHub
From 1 comment
If you are signed in, you can hit '.' on your keyboard when browsing a GitHub repo to open it in VS Code in your browser.
klavinski on HN
GistPad
From 1 comment
Very cool! I love using GitHub repos and gists for managing my personal notes/code snippets, and currently use GistPad as an editor-level virtual file system (for VS Code). But…
lostintangent on HN