Mounting Git commits as folders with NFS | Hacker News

Hacker News discussed an article proposing Git commits be mounted as folders over NFS.

Commenters debated how well Git search tools like grep and pickaxe compare to browsing history as a filesystem.

Several noted the limits of treating commits as directories, especially for complex history workflows.

The thread also raised NFS security and authentication concerns, including Kerberos and root_squash, outside managed enterprise setups.