From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS53758 23.128.96.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D5A71F4B4 for ; Thu, 1 Apr 2021 19:04:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S237218AbhDASdC (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Apr 2021 14:33:02 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:37872 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S235531AbhDASVK (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Apr 2021 14:21:10 -0400 Received: from mail-wr1-x434.google.com (mail-wr1-x434.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::434]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F2823C0225B7 for ; Thu, 1 Apr 2021 08:41:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wr1-x434.google.com with SMTP id z2so2273685wrl.5 for ; Thu, 01 Apr 2021 08:41:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:in-reply-to:references:from:date:subject:fcc :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:to:cc; bh=XkpOGspoFjNNxmzEoEsBAlqtHAH0QW/MpCd/rP67Qng=; b=SgYwbTjShPntm0S6SejfPLVotaclpplcgKFEAmnBIzuiNTSy+Fcv+caVeGxtfkSJLI 9nKqZtlGhxRmhcn4WOkgL5Fmetrox48Os7c0kKfGnRN70j90v4JwHW6f4QlxNjom0hyF 5a3pmWQrZvLifvA2OUGv3bzEwU3PkDSBqrLsRIdzJpb52ue/38Deg+DgaPIP26YUL2tk Cdfq7FxMYniCNMaqP2PoLMm+CXrdDmzsq1TFoZQhy7zWRvhYSpfD+1aIhcv1vwtH/TXA NEj/hDDJ48nVEJCWeVFKAAxVuwXOHybwTSP1xm+pmhmCsGIR/yuDIovvaPcCR2u71YIT 6mcA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:in-reply-to:references:from:date :subject:fcc:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:to:cc; bh=XkpOGspoFjNNxmzEoEsBAlqtHAH0QW/MpCd/rP67Qng=; b=OqhYmQH2T5MHx6NCdKkTITdtMD65ZhCWQRndjFysJM2mlfgRosaICgGervXpMFPO9X xE5vSIR4mqHGdgsqngoVJKBkC81NKJal3Y43IgEME+KLLoA8XqJpR0U/i2XU3MXJFvVL qs7v4VAgFXyXM90qIgE71P+m5/9srmCXpfF8IMi4+EiY9x+tLwfZ4IHQnc001fn5mdXH yHQSzFzXgCNJux5V+4Lm03sHPxNdHhTh+awwXZCZ9hVrR1vGOqS5vOqB3f6iaPV18B/0 CHHZj4CqDkn5vtGkXkg7lJSjhHiMG4UF46odaAwdJgi6sqsmA1mYNkucOprI0AtQnxQp D1Pw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531iq2fiiRTIfzBCNcwgYZzMJI8/DjWtUvVftCvPzUowYxVkWYZd cin4g6+5LYpZUE53sjOL0kln5uEuC6g= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzD1/lVzVi+Bta1xcGNim+FoI4Avto6w/s81CKCODZH+NUzZ0GXAZv97MWfGVZjZk8RehvxtA== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:4b06:: with SMTP id v6mr10706387wrq.41.1617291668673; Thu, 01 Apr 2021 08:41:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([13.74.141.28]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id i4sm7976592wmq.12.2021.04.01.08.41.08 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 01 Apr 2021 08:41:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <074273330f8d6c656dfec7c8778fad20314c6ad1.1617291666.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: From: "Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget" Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2021 15:40:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 01/23] fsmonitor--daemon: man page and documentation Fcc: Sent Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jeff Hostetler , Jeff Hostetler Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org From: Jeff Hostetler Create a manual page describing the `git fsmonitor--daemon` feature. Update references to `core.fsmonitor`, `core.fsmonitorHookVersion` and pointers to `watchman` to mention the built-in FSMonitor. Signed-off-by: Jeff Hostetler --- Documentation/config/core.txt | 45 +++++++--- Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt | 104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 4 +- Documentation/githooks.txt | 3 +- 4 files changed, 144 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.txt b/Documentation/config/core.txt index c04f62a54a15..d6e2f01966cb 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/core.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/core.txt @@ -66,18 +66,43 @@ core.fsmonitor:: will identify all files that may have changed since the requested date/time. This information is used to speed up git by avoiding unnecessary processing of files that have not changed. - See the "fsmonitor-watchman" section of linkgit:githooks[5]. ++ +See the "fsmonitor-watchman" section of linkgit:githooks[5]. ++ +Note: FSMonitor hooks (and this config setting) are ignored if the +built-in FSMonitor is enabled (see `core.useBuiltinFSMonitor`). core.fsmonitorHookVersion:: - Sets the version of hook that is to be used when calling fsmonitor. - There are currently versions 1 and 2. When this is not set, - version 2 will be tried first and if it fails then version 1 - will be tried. Version 1 uses a timestamp as input to determine - which files have changes since that time but some monitors - like watchman have race conditions when used with a timestamp. - Version 2 uses an opaque string so that the monitor can return - something that can be used to determine what files have changed - without race conditions. + Sets the version of hook that is to be used when calling the + FSMonitor hook (as configured via `core.fsmonitor`). ++ +There are currently versions 1 and 2. When this is not set, +version 2 will be tried first and if it fails then version 1 +will be tried. Version 1 uses a timestamp as input to determine +which files have changes since that time but some monitors +like watchman have race conditions when used with a timestamp. +Version 2 uses an opaque string so that the monitor can return +something that can be used to determine what files have changed +without race conditions. ++ +Note: FSMonitor hooks (and this config setting) are ignored if the +built-in FSMonitor is enabled (see `core.useBuiltinFSMonitor`). + +core.useBuiltinFSMonitor:: + If set to true, enable the built-in filesystem event watcher (for + technical details, see linkgit:git-fsmonitor--daemon[1]). ++ +Like external (hook-based) FSMonitors, the built-in FSMonitor can speed up +Git commands that need to refresh the Git index (e.g. `git status`) in a +worktree with many files. The built-in FSMonitor facility eliminates the +need to install and maintain an external third-party monitoring tool. ++ +The built-in FSMonitor is currently available only on a limited set of +supported platforms. ++ +Note: if this config setting is set to `true`, any FSMonitor hook +configured via `core.fsmonitor` (and possibly `core.fsmonitorHookVersion`) +is ignored. core.trustctime:: If false, the ctime differences between the index and the diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b94f57c97fe4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +git-fsmonitor--daemon(1) +======================== + +NAME +---- +git-fsmonitor--daemon - Builtin file system monitor daemon + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git fsmonitor--daemon' --start +'git fsmonitor--daemon' --run +'git fsmonitor--daemon' --stop +'git fsmonitor--daemon' --is-running +'git fsmonitor--daemon' --is-supported +'git fsmonitor--daemon' --query +'git fsmonitor--daemon' --query-index +'git fsmonitor--daemon' --flush + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +Monitors files and directories in the working directory for changes using +platform-specific file system notification facilities. + +It communicates directly with commands like `git status` using the +link:technical/api-simple-ipc.html[simple IPC] interface instead of +the slower linkgit:githooks[5] interface. + +OPTIONS +------- + +--start:: + Starts the fsmonitor daemon in the background. + +--run:: + Runs the fsmonitor daemon in the foreground. + +--stop:: + Stops the fsmonitor daemon running for the current working + directory, if present. + +--is-running:: + Exits with zero status if the fsmonitor daemon is watching the + current working directory. + +--is-supported:: + Exits with zero status if the fsmonitor daemon feature is supported + on this platform. + +--query :: + Connects to the fsmonitor daemon (starting it if necessary) and + requests the list of changed files and directories since the + given token. + This is intended for testing purposes. + +--query-index:: + Read the current `` from the File System Monitor index + extension (if present) and use it to query the fsmonitor daemon. + This is intended for testing purposes. + +--flush:: + Force the fsmonitor daemon to flush its in-memory cache and + re-sync with the file system. + This is intended for testing purposes. + +REMARKS +------- +The fsmonitor daemon is a long running process that will watch a single +working directory. Commands, such as `git status`, should automatically +start it (if necessary) when `core.useBuiltinFSMonitor` is set to `true` +(see linkgit:git-config[1]). + +Configure the built-in FSMonitor via `core.useBuiltinFSMonitor` in each +working directory separately, or globally via `git config --global +core.useBuiltinFSMonitor true`. + +Tokens are opaque strings. They are used by the fsmonitor daemon to +mark a point in time and the associated internal state. Callers should +make no assumptions about the content of the token. In particular, +the should not assume that it is a timestamp. + +Query commands send a request-token to the daemon and it responds with +a summary of the changes that have occurred since that token was +created. The daemon also returns a response-token that the client can +use in a future query. + +For more information see the "File System Monitor" section in +linkgit:git-update-index[1]. + +CAVEATS +------- + +The fsmonitor daemon does not currently know about submodules and does +not know to filter out file system events that happen within a +submodule. If fsmonitor daemon is watching a super repo and a file is +modified within the working directory of a submodule, it will report +the change (as happening against the super repo). However, the client +should properly ignore these extra events, so performance may be affected +but it should not cause an incorrect result. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index 2853f168d976..8169aad7ee9f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt @@ -498,7 +498,9 @@ FILE SYSTEM MONITOR This feature is intended to speed up git operations for repos that have large working directories. -It enables git to work together with a file system monitor (see the +It enables git to work together with a file system monitor (see +linkgit:git-fsmonitor--daemon[1] +and the "fsmonitor-watchman" section of linkgit:githooks[5]) that can inform it as to what files have been modified. This enables git to avoid having to lstat() every file to find modified files. diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index b51959ff9418..b7d5e926f7b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt @@ -593,7 +593,8 @@ fsmonitor-watchman This hook is invoked when the configuration option `core.fsmonitor` is set to `.git/hooks/fsmonitor-watchman` or `.git/hooks/fsmonitor-watchmanv2` -depending on the version of the hook to use. +depending on the version of the hook to use, unless overridden via +`core.useBuiltinFSMonitor` (see linkgit:git-config[1]). Version 1 takes two arguments, a version (1) and the time in elapsed nanoseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970. -- gitgitgadget