git backend

[vjeantet]

Hello,

Is a git repo could be used as backend ?

#question

[jonfriesen]

@vjeantet I'm going to give answering your question a shot.

Theoretically you could use Afero to hold git projects. Doing so will require a git library that allows you to inject a filesystem interface. src-d/go-git supports this concept, unfortunately the interfaces don't line up so integrating them together is a painful.

the src-d team has created their own virtual filesystem which can check code out into memory/other file systems which might satisfy your need. Small disclaimer, it's not nearly built out to the level of Afero and doesn't include many of the utilities.

UPDATE:

I fixed this for myself so I can use afero with go-git: https://github.com/jonfriesen/go-billy-afero

[c4milo]

@jonfriesen, are you all still willing to support the billy adapter within Afero?

[jonfriesen]

@c4milo no, I no longer use this library and do not have the time. Thanks (and sorry!)