hyperfs

hyperfs

A content-addressable union file system that replicates and is build on top of fuse, leveldb, and node

npm install -g hyperfs

Notice: This is HIGHLY experimental

Usage

hyperfs create test # create a new fs volume
hyperfs mount test ./mnt # mount test on ./mnt

Now open a the folder ./mnt in your favorite file explorer and start making some changes.

Using the terminal:

mkdir mnt/test
echo hello world > mnt/test/hello.txt

Now quit your file explorer and go back to the terminal where you ran hyperfs mount .... Hit CTRL-C to unmount the volume.

Now lets snapshot that volume so we can replicate it. Snapshotting just makes a readonly layer of the changes you've made. You can use a snapshot as a base fs for a new volume

hyperfs snapshot test

This will print the snapshot hash when it succeeds. Now lets replicate the file system to another machine.

# assuming hyperfs is installed on example.com
hyperfs replicate ssh://[e-mail]

Now ssh into example.com and run

hyperfs create test --node=<snapshot-hash-from-before>
hyperfs mount test mnt

Now if you enter ./mnt you'll see that its the volume from your local machine.

Help

hyperfs # prints help

License

MIT