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From: "Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Eric DeCosta <edecosta@mathworks.com>,
	Eric DeCosta <edecosta@mathworks.com>
Subject: [PATCH 06/12] fsmonitor: add documentation for allowRemote and socketDir options
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 14:37:32 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <af7309745f759532fdb79794289d9e02de0e035c.1665326258.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.1352.git.git.1665326258.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Eric DeCosta <edecosta@mathworks.com>

Add documentation for 'fsmonitor.allowRemote' and 'fsmonitor.socketDir'.
Call-out experimental nature of 'fsmonitor.allowRemote' and limited
filesystem support for 'fsmonitor.socketDir'.

Signed-off-by: Eric DeCosta <edecosta@mathworks.com>
---
 Documentation/config.txt                   |  2 ++
 Documentation/config/fsmonitor--daemon.txt | 11 +++++++
 Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt    | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/config/fsmonitor--daemon.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 5b5b9765699..1e205831656 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ include::config/filter.txt[]
 
 include::config/fsck.txt[]
 
+include::config/fsmonitor--daemon.txt[]
+
 include::config/gc.txt[]
 
 include::config/gitcvs.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/config/fsmonitor--daemon.txt b/Documentation/config/fsmonitor--daemon.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c225c6c9e74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/config/fsmonitor--daemon.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+fsmonitor.allowRemote::
+    By default, the fsmonitor daemon refuses to work against network-mounted
+    repositories. Setting `fsmonitor.allowRemote` to `true` overrides this
+    behavior.  Only respected when `core.fsmonitor` is set to `true`.
+
+fsmonitor.socketDir::
+    This Mac OS-specific option, if set, specifies the directory in
+    which to create the Unix domain socket used for communication
+    between the fsmonitor daemon and various Git commands. The directory must
+    reside on a native Mac OS filesystem.  Only respected when `core.fsmonitor`
+    is set to `true`.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt
index cc142fb8612..8238eadb0e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-fsmonitor{litdd}daemon(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-fsmonitor--daemon - A Built-in File System Monitor
+git-fsmonitor--daemon - A Built-in Filesystem Monitor
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
 A daemon to watch the working directory for file and directory
-changes using platform-specific file system notification facilities.
+changes using platform-specific filesystem notification facilities.
 
 This daemon communicates directly with commands like `git status`
 using the link:technical/api-simple-ipc.html[simple IPC] interface
@@ -63,13 +63,44 @@ CAVEATS
 -------
 
 The fsmonitor daemon does not currently know about submodules and does
-not know to filter out file system events that happen within a
+not know to filter out filesystem 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
 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 may be overridden by setting `fsmonitor.allowRemote` to
+`true`. Note, however, that the fsmonitor daemon is not guaranteed to work
+correctly with all network-mounted repositories 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) -- a
+special type of file -- which is supported by native Mac OS filesystems,
+but not on network-mounted filesystems, NTFS, or FAT32.  Other filesystems
+may or may not have the needed support; the fsmonitor daemon is not guaranteed
+to work with these filesystems and such use is considered experimental.
+
+By default, the socket is created in the `.git` directory, however, if the
+`.git` directory is on a network-mounted filesystem, it will be instead be
+created at `$HOME/.git-fsmonitor-*` unless `$HOME` itself is on a
+network-mounted filesystem in which case you must set the configuration
+variable `fsmonitor.socketDir` to the path of a directory on a Mac OS native
+filesystem in which to create the socket file.
+
+If none of the above directories (`.git`, `$HOME`, or `fsmonitor.socketDir`)
+is on a native Mac OS file filesystem the fsmonitor daemon will report an
+error that will cause the daemon and the currently running command to exit.
+
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+
+include::includes/cmd-config-section-all.txt[]
+
+include::config/fsmonitor--daemon.txt[]
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
-- 
gitgitgadget


  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-10-09 14:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 89+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-10-09 14:37 [PATCH 00/12] fsmonitor: Implement fsmonitor for Linux Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-09 14:37 ` [PATCH 01/12] fsmonitor: refactor filesystem checks to common interface Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-18 12:29   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-10-09 14:37 ` [PATCH 02/12] fsmonitor: relocate socket file if .git directory is remote Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-09 14:37 ` [PATCH 03/12] fsmonitor: avoid socket location check if using hook Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-09 14:37 ` [PATCH 04/12] fsmonitor: deal with synthetic firmlinks on macOS Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-09 14:37 ` [PATCH 05/12] fsmonitor: check for compatability before communicating with fsmonitor Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-09 14:37 ` Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget [this message]
2022-10-09 14:37 ` [PATCH 07/12] fsmonitor: prepare to share code between Mac OS and Linux Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-09 22:36   ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-10 16:23   ` Jeff Hostetler
2022-10-09 14:37 ` [PATCH 08/12] fsmonitor: determine if filesystem is local or remote Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-10 10:04   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-10-14 19:38     ` Eric DeCosta
2022-10-09 14:37 ` [PATCH 09/12] fsmonitor: implement filesystem change listener for Linux Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-09 14:37 ` [PATCH 10/12] fsmonitor: enable fsmonitor " Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-09 14:37 ` [PATCH 11/12] fsmonitor: test updates Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-18 12:42   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-10-09 14:37 ` [PATCH 12/12] fsmonitor: update doc for Linux Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-18 12:43   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-10-09 22:24 ` [PATCH 00/12] fsmonitor: Implement fsmonitor " Junio C Hamano
2022-10-10  0:19   ` Eric Sunshine
2022-10-10 21:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-14 21:45 ` [PATCH v2 " Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-14 21:45   ` [PATCH v2 01/12] fsmonitor: refactor filesystem checks to common interface Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-14 21:45   ` [PATCH v2 02/12] fsmonitor: relocate socket file if .git directory is remote Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-18 12:12     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-10-14 21:45   ` [PATCH v2 03/12] fsmonitor: avoid socket location check if using hook Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-14 21:45   ` [PATCH v2 04/12] fsmonitor: deal with synthetic firmlinks on macOS Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-14 21:45   ` [PATCH v2 05/12] fsmonitor: check for compatability before communicating with fsmonitor Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-14 21:45   ` [PATCH v2 06/12] fsmonitor: add documentation for allowRemote and socketDir options Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-14 21:45   ` [PATCH v2 07/12] fsmonitor: prepare to share code between Mac OS and Linux Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-14 23:46     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-17 21:30       ` Eric DeCosta
2022-10-18  6:31         ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-14 21:45   ` [PATCH v2 08/12] fsmonitor: determine if filesystem is local or remote Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-14 21:45   ` [PATCH v2 09/12] fsmonitor: implement filesystem change listener for Linux Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-18 11:59     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-10-14 21:45   ` [PATCH v2 10/12] fsmonitor: enable fsmonitor " Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-14 21:45   ` [PATCH v2 11/12] fsmonitor: test updates Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-14 21:45   ` [PATCH v2 12/12] fsmonitor: update doc for Linux Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-10-14 23:32   ` [PATCH v2 00/12] fsmonitor: Implement fsmonitor " Junio C Hamano
2022-10-17 21:32     ` Eric DeCosta
2022-10-17 22:22       ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-18 14:02       ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-10-17 22:14   ` Glen Choo
2022-10-18  4:17     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-18 17:03       ` Glen Choo
2022-10-18 17:11         ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-19  1:19         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-10-19  2:28           ` Eric Sunshine
2022-10-19 16:58             ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-19 19:11             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-10-19 20:14               ` Eric Sunshine
2022-10-19  1:04       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-10-19 16:33         ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-20 16:13       ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-20 16:37         ` Eric Sunshine
2022-10-20 17:01           ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-20 17:54             ` Eric Sunshine
2022-10-20 15:43     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-10-20 22:01       ` Junio C Hamano
2022-11-16 23:23   ` [PATCH v3 0/6] " Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-11-16 23:23     ` [PATCH v3 1/6] fsmonitor: prepare to share code between Mac OS and Linux Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-11-16 23:23     ` [PATCH v3 2/6] fsmonitor: determine if filesystem is local or remote Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-11-16 23:23     ` [PATCH v3 3/6] fsmonitor: implement filesystem change listener for Linux Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-11-16 23:23     ` [PATCH v3 4/6] fsmonitor: enable fsmonitor " Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-11-16 23:23     ` [PATCH v3 5/6] fsmonitor: test updates Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-11-16 23:23     ` [PATCH v3 6/6] fsmonitor: update doc for Linux Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-11-16 23:27     ` [PATCH v3 0/6] fsmonitor: Implement fsmonitor " Taylor Blau
2022-11-23 19:00     ` [PATCH v4 " Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-11-23 19:00       ` [PATCH v4 1/6] fsmonitor: prepare to share code between Mac OS and Linux Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-11-23 19:00       ` [PATCH v4 2/6] fsmonitor: determine if filesystem is local or remote Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-11-25  7:31         ` Junio C Hamano
2022-12-12 10:24         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-11-23 19:00       ` [PATCH v4 3/6] fsmonitor: implement filesystem change listener for Linux Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-12-12 10:42         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-11-23 19:00       ` [PATCH v4 4/6] fsmonitor: enable fsmonitor " Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-11-23 19:00       ` [PATCH v4 5/6] fsmonitor: test updates Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-11-23 19:00       ` [PATCH v4 6/6] fsmonitor: update doc for Linux Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-12-12 21:57       ` [PATCH v5 0/6] fsmonitor: Implement fsmonitor " Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-12-12 21:58         ` [PATCH v5 1/6] fsmonitor: prepare to share code between Mac OS and Linux Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-12-12 21:58         ` [PATCH v5 2/6] fsmonitor: determine if filesystem is local or remote Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-12-12 21:58         ` [PATCH v5 3/6] fsmonitor: implement filesystem change listener for Linux Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-12-12 21:58         ` [PATCH v5 4/6] fsmonitor: enable fsmonitor " Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-12-12 21:58         ` [PATCH v5 5/6] fsmonitor: test updates Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-12-12 21:58         ` [PATCH v5 6/6] fsmonitor: update doc for Linux Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2023-04-12  5:42         ` [PATCH v5 0/6] fsmonitor: Implement fsmonitor " Junio C Hamano
2022-10-18 12:47 ` [PATCH 00/12] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason

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