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Expose MFS as FUSE mount point #10710

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kallisti5 opened this issue Feb 13, 2025 · 1 comment
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Expose MFS as FUSE mount point #10710

kallisti5 opened this issue Feb 13, 2025 · 1 comment
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effort/weeks Estimated to take multiple weeks exp/intermediate Prior experience is likely helpful help wanted Seeking public contribution on this issue kind/feature A new feature P2 Medium: Good to have, but can wait until someone steps up

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As seen in a large number of issues (#7922, #7738, #5504, more) as well as in community solutions (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39213960), users expect the /ipfs fuse mount to show "files" instead of allowing direct access to ipfs CID's.

the fuse mount for /ipfs should really represent the local MFS filesystem.. it would solve a large number of edge cases when managing files without needing to ipfs add ... ; ipfs files cp ... etc
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lidel commented Feb 14, 2025 •
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We should not repurpose /ipfs (immutable), it has specific meaning in ecosystem, however fully agree that having a writable endpoint (/files, /mfs or maybe even /ipns/localhost) would bring a big quality of life improvement. It would also pave the path towards mutable /ipns/key which automatically updates and publishes new IPNS record.

While FUSE is not a priority for IPFS Foundation and Shipyard core team right now, if someone familiar with FUSE is willing to invest time to modernize it in Kubo, and submits a PR with tests, we are happy to review.

@lidel lidel added help wanted Seeking public contribution on this issue P2 Medium: Good to have, but can wait until someone steps up exp/intermediate Prior experience is likely helpful effort/weeks Estimated to take multiple weeks labels Feb 14, 2025
@lidel lidel changed the title fuse /ipfs should be MFS, not CIDs Expose MFS as FUSE mount point Feb 14, 2025
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