<s>
Virtual	B-Application
File	I-Application
System	I-Application
for	I-Application
Git	I-Application
(	O
VFS	O
for	O
Git	B-Application
)	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
extension	O
to	O
the	O
Git	B-Application
version	I-Application
control	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
VFS	O
for	O
Git	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
ease	O
the	O
handling	O
of	O
enterprise-scale	O
Git	B-Application
repositories	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
whose	O
development	O
switched	O
to	O
Git	B-Application
under	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
internal	O
"	O
One	O
Engineering	O
System	O
"	O
initiative	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
exposes	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
file	I-Application
system	I-Application
that	O
only	O
downloads	O
files	O
to	O
local	O
storage	O
as	O
they	O
are	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VFS	O
for	O
Git	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
named	O
Git	B-Application
Virtual	I-Application
File	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
GVFS	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
due	O
to	O
complaints	O
by	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Application
over	O
confusion	O
with	O
GNOME	B-Language
Virtual	I-Language
File	I-Language
System	I-Language
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
solicit	O
ideas	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
in	O
June	O
2018	O
,	O
following	O
its	O
acquisition	O
of	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2017	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
support	O
VFS	O
for	O
Git	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
VFS	O
for	O
Git	B-Application
has	O
been	O
superseded	O
by	O
Scalar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scalar	O
was	O
then	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Git	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
