Gitfs is a FUSE filesystem that serves the contents of a local Git repository.
Gitfs can be built with either Bazel or Cargo. The recommended build tool is Bazel version 7.x or greater.
$ bazel build -c opt //gitfs
$ cargo build --releaseThen mount a Git repository and browse its contents at any tag or commit.
$ which fusermount3 # Make sure `fusermount3` is installed
/usr/bin/fusermount3
$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git linux.git
$ mkdir linux
$ bazel-bin/gitfs/gitfs linux.git linux &
$ ls linux
by-branch by-commit by-tag
$ ls linux/by-tag | grep -v -- -rc | sort -V | tail -n 5
v6.7
v6.8
v6.9
v6.10
v6.11
$ readlink linux/by-tag/v6.11
../by-commit/98f7e32f20d28ec452afb208f9cffc08448a2652
$ ls linux/by-tag/v6.11
arch CREDITS fs ipc lib mm samples tools
block crypto include Kbuild LICENSES net scripts usr
certs Documentation init Kconfig MAINTAINERS README security virt
COPYING drivers io_uring kernel Makefile rust sound
$ umount linux