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Shmueli Englard (shmuelie)
opened on Feb 3, 2017

I'd love there to be an explanation of how CVFS works in detail, not the high level overview that README.md gives. Either in a dedicated file or a README.md for each project.

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  1. kyrias commented on Feb 3, 2017

    @kyrias
    Johannes Löthberg (kyrias)
    on Feb 3, 2017

    Would also be useful with a small dictionary explaining some uncommonly used terms, and preferably how they came about, like hydrate.

  2. sanoursa commented on Feb 3, 2017

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    Saeed Noursalehi (sanoursa)
    on Feb 3, 2017
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    I am planning to publish a detailed paper very soon with the history of our design choices and how the current solution works. Coming very soon!

  3. moderndev commented on Feb 3, 2017

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    Modern Developer (moderndev)
    on Feb 3, 2017

    Johannes Löthberg (@kyrias) : hydrate/dehydrate objects etc I thought was a commonly known thing in the programming world ... Was for me, and made complete sense in GVFS's context because you know its all "virtualized" until touched

  4. Saeed Noursalehi (sanoursa)
    changed the title [-]How GVSF works[/-] [+]How GVFS works[/+] on Feb 4, 2017
  5. Saeed Noursalehi (sanoursa)
    self-assigned this
    on Feb 6, 2017

  6. sanoursa commented on Mar 6, 2017

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    Saeed Noursalehi (sanoursa)
    on Mar 6, 2017
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    Update on this - a single white paper has turned into a project to write a series of articles. The first few of those are written and going through are publishing pipeline. Two of those articles are "GVFS Design History" and "GVFS Internals". So it's taking a little longer than I had initially planned, but it's on its way!

  7. sanoursa commented on May 24, 2017

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    Saeed Noursalehi (sanoursa)
    on May 24, 2017
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    The first few articles in our Git at Scale article series are now available: https://www.visualstudio.com/learn/git-at-scale/. This first batch includes an article on GVFS design history, and another is coming soon about the current inner workings of GVFS.

  8. billziss-gh commented on May 24, 2017

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    Bill Zissimopoulos (billziss-gh)
    on May 24, 2017

    Saeed Noursalehi (@sanoursa) this is a great write up with genuinely useful information. Thank you for making it public.

  9. steveknoblock commented on Jun 30, 2017

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    Steve Knoblock (steveknoblock)
    on Jun 30, 2017

    Thanks for the article. I look forward to learning how you virtualized the access to the filesystem.

  10. sanoursa commented on Feb 21, 2018

    @sanoursa
    Saeed Noursalehi (sanoursa)
    on Feb 21, 2018
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    Just published another article with much more information about how GVFS actually works: https://www.visualstudio.com/learn/gvfs-architecture/

  11. sanoursa commented on Jun 11, 2018

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    Saeed Noursalehi (sanoursa)
    on Jun 11, 2018
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    More articles will be coming out over time, but closing this issue out for now since the basics are covered. Please do post questions if you have any!

  12. Saeed Noursalehi (sanoursa)
    closed this as completedon Jun 11, 2018
  13. Saeed Noursalehi (sanoursa)
    added a commit that references this issue on Nov 15, 2018

    Merge pull request #2 from chrisd8088/linux-mirror-provider

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    added a commit that references this issue on May 22, 2026

    Merge pull request #2 from derrickstolee/dstolee/case-rename-fixes

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