Why you should know: There was a fair vote on the issue tracker, but Microsoft just ignored it and chose git lfs (GIT for Large File Systems) instead. Issue is still open though...

Context for the uninitiated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface

Screenshot of link in post body. Transcription: Github open issue indicator. Issue title "Change GVFS name". Issue number 72. \n krk on Jun 6, 2018 \n Filey McFileface \n 170 thumbs-up, 6 thumbs-down, 36 laugh, 10 party-popper, 14 heart

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[–] 26 points 1 year ago (1 child)

What am I missing? This seems to be for VFS for git which as far as I can tell is different from git LFS.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    good thing git is independent from microsoft and they can do whatever the fuck they want once microsoft donates this code

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Is git LFS equivalent to git vfs?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    So you saw the vote for these three suggested names:

    • Projected Source Control for Git
    • VFS for Git
    • Sparse VFS for Git

    And decided that Filey McFileface won?

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