[git-users] Can I limit the set of files that git checks to see if they were modified?

2018-03-06 Thread Duane Knesek
Say I have a huge source tree. And I know that only files X, Y, and Z have changed. Is there a way (through a plug-in or otherwise) for me to tell git to ignore every other file when I do a status, commit, etc.? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [git-users] Using a FUSE with git?

2018-02-21 Thread Duane Knesek
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=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

Re: [git-users] Using a FUSE with git?

2018-02-21 Thread Duane Knesek
I do not know much of anything about repo. I did a couple minutes of research just now, and that appears to be a python script that invokes git under the covers. I cannot see how that would do what I need. I was hoping for something at the file-system level that would make a set of links

Re: [git-users] Using a FUSE with git?

2018-02-21 Thread Duane Knesek
People outside of Google/Microsoft are capable of developing sophisticated tools as well. Reading around, it looks like people are working on this. So it's just a matter of time, it seems. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings"

Re: [git-users] Using a FUSE with git?

2018-02-21 Thread Duane Knesek
Is that only for Windows? If it runs in Linux, then yes that is exactly what I'd 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] Using a FUSE with git?

2018-02-21 Thread Duane Knesek
At my job, we unfortunately used bzr for many years. It was so slow that several years ago we broke up the repository into separate pieces thinking that individuals would only need to branch the part they need to modify. Finally us developers have convinced the management to allow us to switch