From e04f673e47928e6fb92b0c9bfc20f797287351ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Evan Broder Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:16:58 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Add note about git with shared checkouts --- projects/ideas.mdwn | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/projects/ideas.mdwn b/projects/ideas.mdwn index 02edfab..85b971d 100644 --- a/projects/ideas.mdwn +++ b/projects/ideas.mdwn @@ -185,6 +185,14 @@ this (Firebug, Web Developer Toolbar, Chrome's web developer tools). But they'r _Contact: leonidg_ +## Improve git with shared checkouts + +Around SIPB we're kind of [big](http://sipb.mit.edu/iap/git/) [fans](http://web.mit.edu/cluedumps/slides/understanding-git-2008.pdf) [of](http://blog.nelhage.com/2010/01/on-git-and-usability/) [git](http://negativespace.mit.edu/2010/03/08/gitionary-the-graphical-game-of-git-guessing/). But there is an area that git comes up short. We have a lot of common directories where people really just want to edit files in place (instead of wanting to clone/checkout, edit, commit, push...), but git doesn't support that well. It would be cool if there was a way to work with non-bare repositories in shared directories. + +One idea might be using FUSE to present a separate checkout to each person using the directory. + +_Contact: broder_ + ## Your Project Here SIPB can help you out in terms of both computing resources and -- 2.44.0