"Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Goal is to deliver fsmonitor for Linux that is on par with fsmonitor for > Windows and Mac OS. > > This patch set builds upon previous work for done for Windows and Mac OS > (first 6 patches) ... For those who are watching from sidelines... The Windows part is already in Git 2.38; the changes needed for macOS are already in 'next' and the first 6 patches in this 12-patch series are identical to them. The patches 7-12 are new. > to implement a fsmonitor back-end for Linux based on the > Linux inotify API. inotify differs significantly from the equivalent Windows > and Mac OS APIs in that a watch must be registered for every directory of > interest (rather than a singular watch at the root of the directory tree) > and special care must be taken to handle directory renames correctly.
