Wizbit, a distributed revisioning file system

Wizbit is a GVFS-based file system that uses the git version control system and built-in metadata storage to provide a new distributed revisioning filesystem. Each file is identified by a globally unique identifier and filenames are just another item of metadata.

This talk will introduce the technology, issues faced and the possibilities this opens up for our user interface, for example:

• Seamlessly sharing and editing files between multiple devices, even with only occasional connectivity
• Off-line collaborative editing.
• Allow files to be ‘just saved’, without the user choosing a location or name.
• Different views onto your files. For example, by time or by subject.