fuse-overlayfs

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "fuse-overlayfs\n===========\n\nAn implementation of overlay+shiftfs in FUSE for rootless containers.\n\nUsage:\n=======================================================\n\n```\n$ fuse-overlayfs -o lowerdir=lowerdir/a:lowerdir/b,upperdir=up,workdir=workdir merged\n```\n\nSpecify a different UID/GID mapping:\n\n```\n$ fuse-overlayfs -o uidmapping=0:10:100:100:10000:2000,gidmapping=0:10:100:100:10000:2000,lowerdir=lowerdir/a:lowerdir/b,upperdir=up,workdir=workdir merged\n```\n\nRequirements:\n=======================================================\n\nYour system needs `libfuse` \u003e= v3.2.1.\n\n* On Fedora: `dnf install fuse3-devel`\n* On Ubuntu \u003e= 19.04: `apt install libfuse3-dev`\n\nAlso, please note that, when using `fuse-overlayfs` **from a user namespace**\n(for example, when using rootless `podman`) a Linux Kernel \u003e= v4.18.0 is required.\n\n\nBuilding:\n=======================================================\n\nfuse-overlayfs is written in Rust. To build:\n\n```\ncargo build --release\n```\n\nThe resulting binary is at `target/release/fuse-overlayfs`.\n\nTo install:\n\n```\nmake install\n```\n\nPre-built static binaries for multiple architectures (x86_64, aarch64,\narmv7l, s390x, ppc64le, riscv64) are available from the\n[GitHub Releases](https://github.com/containers/fuse-overlayfs/releases) page.\n",
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