Server-centric versioning virtual file system

摘要

Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with a server-centric virtual file system (VFS) that securely provides version control for file system objects associated with the VFS are described. One example system includes a VFS logic to provide virtual access to file system objects associated with a server. The VFS logic may receive a file handle from an NFS server in response to a VFS mount request made by a client computing system. The example system may also include a version logic that encodes a workspace identifier and a file system object identifier into the provided file handle. The version logic then provides file-handle based version control for the set of file system objects.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a virtual file system (VFS) logic to provide access to a set of versions of a file associated with a server computing system, the set of versions of the file being provided to a user of a client computing system that mounts a virtual file system (VFS) using a network file system (NFS), the user being associated with a workspace; and a version logic to encode a file handle that includes at least a file name by adding a workspace identifier and a file identifier into the file handle, where the file handle is provided by the NFS to the client computing system in response to the user mounting the VFS in the client computing system, and where the version logic provides a version of the file from the set of versions of the file.