I found this recent article: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/11/microsoft-and-github-team-up-to-take-git-virtual-file-system-to-macos-linux/?comments=1&start=80
It appears that MS plans on porting GVFS to mac and Linux. If that is true, then it seems to me that my best course is to just wait for that to happen. It seems to be exactly what I need. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.