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,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED, 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 C0A3D1F8C8 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2021 13:53:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S241830AbhJGNzF (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2021 09:55:05 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:47418 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S241788AbhJGNyw (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2021 09:54:52 -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 B3B55C061760 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2021 06:52:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wr1-x434.google.com with SMTP id r7so19318547wrc.10 for ; Thu, 07 Oct 2021 06:52:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=message-id:in-reply-to:references:from:date:subject:fcc :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:to:cc; bh=rgNztFjSIfkFrumoWBCPgDcO19sT/SrE7dYPYozTBh8=; b=RO88eJ0bPwhlpHbHrEqawWekxqGZf1BpPlv2KcaeZDAecqPVUgfEgt8v9JRTHeGofF 1aWOoI08a/96nD8tJ/qf0HU6toW9iARr6PRhQmcf1oKZOBJrGgRRijPOCyheYljNd2gK e6ITMMQ5iqt829Z4RqX2newYEcL1jFsf+SFjNPTqsxVKoHy2nikZLKEIN+AK37urfmwR 23cg1pFBAsJMsfmCYgr8nAvISjRJlAuNV4PiudcB+dI9ebXIS+LmMM4WSRrf+M71d3M/ 7/nfMbw61+iPDbUT2P7D1YHlqrsVixBbHDU6//eloiaWhH3cnEErpbmyH0I1NVT9LsvN z7OQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:in-reply-to:references:from:date :subject:fcc:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:to:cc; bh=rgNztFjSIfkFrumoWBCPgDcO19sT/SrE7dYPYozTBh8=; b=2UWD87aadeFo1Jx0a3XtcDJJDApXqyOkTN1fN+Y2R5li/Zz0gznbCrCqRsKBVFuxSV E2QMZDYR37h66sG9/YaSlyqU4TTRgX1G/PBWN1UifRtU3TthnG71LWhtT+VpGUpm106t ynzl5Ctmt4v+1EQMo8BWHng/58Oy+gYfT++2+cTl2dn7GhNhQkCqiP2SgJNuYATTx8yA MdeWy6rVMNxtdJsxgCbuVLk+VfYXML1gOWYt+HLd+Er7kK0bh6GPj0EafgfoRSz6Ey3n wDrBMREYv/oE0OSvDBLOrQrmbJrXuri4HzhF1ot7SWCs0ZwsVml3keGN/rPXiNzgJQyb gu0Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532m1Xomxp3f5YmjpKkK3CjwAE2gENdmKkhNutCw4UE8o3Bg7SPv Kq5cnmDUthoQ8WdDiUze1mejz4hcPCU= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwac/Ff5t1Fk7ncH9drwmvfd8jW0X9ca6Hs5v/CgskST4phZgnplnIN+0Upsdls8pH2qYs+pg== X-Received: by 2002:adf:bc4a:: with SMTP id a10mr5543341wrh.131.1633614777332; Thu, 07 Oct 2021 06:52:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([13.74.141.28]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v16sm2683357wrq.39.2021.10.07.06.52.56 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 07 Oct 2021 06:52:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <7c22ce533776ad0549551024cb9fa87c8b10947e.1633614772.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: From: "Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget" Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2021 13:52:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH v2 5/5] fsmonitor: update fsmonitor config documentation Fcc: Sent Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Bagas Sanjaya , Jeff Hostetler , Jeff Hostetler , Jeff Hostetler Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org From: Jeff Hostetler Update references to `core.fsmonitor` and `core.fsmonitorHookVersion` and pointers to `Watchman` to mention the new `core.useBuiltinFSMonitor` value. Signed-off-by: Jeff Hostetler --- Documentation/config/core.txt | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------- Documentation/git-update-index.txt | 27 +++++++------- Documentation/githooks.txt | 3 +- 3 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.txt b/Documentation/config/core.txt index c04f62a54a1..4f6e519bc02 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/core.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/core.txt @@ -62,22 +62,50 @@ core.protectNTFS:: Defaults to `true` on Windows, and `false` elsewhere. core.fsmonitor:: - If set, the value of this variable is used as a command which - 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]. + If set, this variable contains the pathname of the "fsmonitor" + hook command. ++ +This hook command is used to identify all files that may have changed +since the requested date/time. This information is used to speed up +git by avoiding unnecessary scanning of files that have not changed. ++ +See the "fsmonitor-watchman" section of linkgit:githooks[5]. ++ +Note: The value of this config setting is ignored if the +built-in file system monitor 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 protocol version to be used when invoking the + "fsmonitor" hook. ++ +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: The value of this config setting is ignored if the +built-in file system monitor is enabled (see `core.useBuiltinFSMonitor`). + +core.useBuiltinFSMonitor:: + If set to true, enable the built-in file system monitor + daemon for this working directory (linkgit:git-fsmonitor--daemon[1]). ++ +Like hook-based file system monitors, the built-in file system monitor +can speed up Git commands that need to refresh the Git index +(e.g. `git status`) in a working directory with many files. The +built-in monitor eliminates the need to install and maintain an +external third-party tool. ++ +The built-in file system monitor is currently available only on a +limited set of supported platforms. Currently, this includes Windows +and MacOS. ++ +Note: if this config setting is set to `true`, the values of +`core.fsmonitor` and `core.fsmonitorHookVersion` are ignored. core.trustctime:: If false, the ctime differences between the index and the diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt index 2853f168d97..c7c31b3fcf9 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. @@ -508,17 +510,18 @@ performance by avoiding the cost of scanning the entire working directory looking for new files. If you want to enable (or disable) this feature, it is easier to use -the `core.fsmonitor` configuration variable (see -linkgit:git-config[1]) than using the `--fsmonitor` option to -`git update-index` in each repository, especially if you want to do so -across all repositories you use, because you can set the configuration -variable in your `$HOME/.gitconfig` just once and have it affect all -repositories you touch. - -When the `core.fsmonitor` configuration variable is changed, the -file system monitor is added to or removed from the index the next time -a command reads the index. When `--[no-]fsmonitor` are used, the file -system monitor is immediately added to or removed from the index. +the `core.fsmonitor` or `core.useBuiltinFSMonitor` configuration +variable (see linkgit:git-config[1]) than using the `--fsmonitor` +option to `git update-index` in each repository, especially if you +want to do so across all repositories you use, because you can set the +configuration variable in your `$HOME/.gitconfig` just once and have +it affect all repositories you touch. + +When the `core.fsmonitor` or `core.useBuiltinFSMonitor` configuration +variable is changed, the file system monitor is added to or removed +from the index the next time a command reads the index. When +`--[no-]fsmonitor` are used, the file system monitor is immediately +added to or removed from the index. CONFIGURATION ------------- diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index b51959ff941..b7d5e926f7b 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