From: Eric DeCosta <edecosta@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Add documentation for 'fsmonitor.allowRemote' and 'fsmonitor.socketDir'. Call-out experimental nature of 'fsmonitor.allowRemote' and limited file system support for 'fsmonitor.socketDir'. Signed-off-by: Eric DeCosta <edecosta@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt index cc142fb8612..0adccd0eced 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt @@ -70,6 +70,41 @@ the change (as happening against the super repo). However, the client will properly ignore these extra events, so performance may be affected but it will not cause an incorrect result. +By default, the fsmonitor daemon refuses to work against network-mounted +repositories; this my be overridden by setting `fsmonitor.allowRemote` to +`true`. Note, however, that the fsmonitor daemon is not guaranteed to work +correctly with all network-mounted repositores and such use is considered +experimental. + +On Mac OS, the inter-process communication (IPC) between various Git +commands and the fsmonitor daemon is done via a Unix domain socket (UDS). +Usage of UDS requires the creation of a file which, by default, is created +in the .git directory. If the fsmonitor daemon detects that the .git directory +is on a network-mounted file system, it will create the UDS file in $HOME. If +$HOME itself is on a network-mounted file system or if $HOME is not the desired +location for the UDS file, 'fsmonitor.socketDir' may be set to any valid, local +directory on a file system with proper support. Mac OS native file systems have +the required support. File systems known to lack support include FAT32 and +NTFS. Other file systems may or many not have the needed support; the fsmonitor +daemon is not guaranteed to work with these file systems and such use is +considered experimental. + +CONFIGURATION +------------- +When `core.fsmonitor` is set to `true` (see linkgit:git-config[1]) +the fsmonitor daemon will pay attention to the following configuration +variables: + +fsmonitor.allowRemote:: + By default, the daemon refuses to work against network-mounted + repositories. Setting `fsmonitor.allowRemote` to `true` overrides + this behavior. + +fsmonitor.socketDir:: + This option is only used by the Mac OS implementation of the fsmonitor + daemon. If set, 'fsmonitor.socketDir' must be set to a valid, local + directory on a file system that can support Unix domain sockets (UDS). + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite -- gitgitgadget
